Released on: March 3, 2008, 9:18 am

Press Release Author: Blurb

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: Now, for the first time UK book creators can earn serious
money!




Press Release Body: London, UK - March 4, 2008 - Blurb, the creative book publishing
service, today announced the international launch of its 'Set Your Price' program,
which allows Blurb users to create and sell books for profit. Based on the enormous
popularity of this program in the U.S. - and Blurb's international growth - the
program is now available worldwide. Now everyone can use Blurb to quickly and
affordably create, publish, share, market, and sell professional quality books, and
keep 100% of the profits.

Since expanding its global reach to include printing and fulfillment out of a
central European, international sales now account for more than 20% of Blurb's
revenue. This news is expected to further boost inspiration from the UK who
currently lead the professional Photobook market in Europe, followed by France,
Spain and Italy, and then Germany . Expanding Set Your Price internationally is
another example of Blurb's commitment to growing its international markets.

Using Blurb's Set Your Price program, Blurb users can market and sell books through
the Blurb Bookstore, and drive sales by linking books to a personal Web site or
blog. There is neither inventory to manage nor cash outlay for print production as
each book is printed on demand. Users can track book sales and profits using
real-time reporting, and Blurb sends the user a check each month as they reach a
minimum threshold equivalent to $25 USD. There are no enrollment fees and it takes
two minutes to sign up.

"Our international customers made Blurb a global company overnight when we launched
in May 2006," said Eileen Gittins, Blurb's founder and CEO. "With international
sales now exceeding 20% of our business, Blurb looks to accelerate that growth by
enabling all of our international customers to set a retail price for their books
and keep 100% of the markup. This model has proven hugely popular in the U.S. where
the average bookmaker earns between $8-10 USD on each book they sell for a profit."

To create and publish a Blurb book, users start by downloading Blurb BookSmartT
software from the Blurb Web site. Blurb's BookSmart software is free, runs on a Mac
or PC, and offers a wide variety of book layouts created by professional book
designers. The software enables anyone to affordably make, share, market, and sell
beautiful, bookstore-quality books.


About Blurb
Blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the power of books:
making, reading, sharing, and selling them. Blurb's creative publishing service is
simple and smart enough to make anyone an author - every blogger, artist, marketer,
photographer, traveler, entrepreneur, poet, everyone. Additionally, Blurb's
bookstore and online marketing tools let Blurb authors sell and promote their books,
and keep 100% of the author's markup. Blurb's community features - designed to
encourage collaboration and communication - are defining social print media. Founded
by Eileen Gittins in 2004 and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners,
Blurb is bringing book publishing to the masses. Blurb BookSmartT software is free
for Mac or PC; users pay only when they publish their books. The software is
available for download at www.blurb.com.




Web Site: http://blurb.com

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