I love technology. I really do! It allows me to keep in touch with family scattered all across the country. Whether Facetiming with my aunt or Facebooking with my cousins, I love how technology keeps us all in the know about what the others are doing.
I do occasionally worry about some of the memories I have created online and what will happen to them if that particular platform should close down. I had a bunch of great content on Whrrl and then *poof* Whrrl was no more.
Not that I think Facebook is going anywhere anytime soon, but occasionally I look at the photos and interactions I’ve had with friends and family about them and think that I would be really sad if they disappeared too.
That’s why I was so thrilled to be able to create a Blurb book with all of my Facebook photos. Yes, I have the photos saved in other places too, but the comments my friends and family have made on them are what make the photos even more special.
The process could not have been any easier. I simply logged onto Blurb.com and chose the tab marked “Facebook books”. Then connected to my Facebook account and the magic elves inside Blurb took care of the rest. I chose some of my favorite pictures for the cover and added the titles I wanted. Magically, a book appeared on my doorstep not long after!
What really impressed me was the quality of the book! It is a hard cover, bound as well as any book you’d buy at a bookstore and the pages are thick and sturdy. It really feels like a “real” book and not like some other ones I have ordered off of websites in the past.
You can make any kind of book you would like: Instagram books, photo books, blog books, cookbooks, anything really! You can even create a book and then sell it for a profit! There is a whole section on the Blurb website dedicated to creating a book to sell.
I have a $50 gift card to Blurb to give away to one lucky Wisconsin Mommy reader.
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I would also like to make a Facebook book or a cookbook would also be fun but more work.
shuttermom77 at gmail dot com
I would make a beautiful photos album for my daughter
Jill McHale
Jlum23@hotmail.com
I think I would have to make a cook book or a photo book! Those are awesome ideas!
Sam Herrmann
tsalmherrmann at hotmail dot com
I have some ideas for ebooks so I would make one or two of those!
kenosha coupon queens at gmail dot com
I’m interested in the Blurb Booksmart option.
Sounds fun!
Sounds fun!
I’d love to do a blog book for a friend.
jenndiggy at gmail dot com
A beautiful book of my niece. Thankyou, Ken
So glad you shared this info! I’m looking into it today for a book about my granddaughter! http://ohtheplaceswesee.com
Thanks for sharing this information on Blurb. I’m looking into it today for a book starring my sweet granddaughter! http://ohtheplaceswesee.com
Did not know about this…thanks. I have been saving pics of my daughter at college…it seems that is the only way I get pics….a blurb album would make a great gift for her and a wonderful keepsake for me. Can’t wait to share with my scrapbooking friends!
Love! Love! Love! Can’t wait to share with my scrapbooking and facebook friends.
A photo book is an great way to remember things!