In 2005, blurb founder eileen gittins wanted to do something she thought would be relatively simple. Find best ever eats by eileen gittins at blurb books. Best ever eats by eileen gittins blurb books australia. Eileen giffins, founder, president and ceo, blurb inc. Blurb ceo eileen gittins wants to position blurb authors at the forefront of an increasingly digital publishing landscape, where a high technorati rank is as important as a place on the new york. Her company, founded in 2005, is exciting photographers all around because blurb offers them the chance to finally make. About blurb blurb is a bookmaking platform and creative community that enables individuals to create. Eileen gittins builds blurb to make book publishing easy and. Eileen gittins knew creating an online book publishing business meant she wouldnt have physical stores where she could her meet customers face to face. Gittins believes this approach makes highquality publishing much more accessible. Californian photographer, eileen gittins is charismatic, idearich, but above all, she is a serious business woman.
Blurb, the custom book printing startup, is tossing its. A visit with eileen gittins, ceo of blurb publishing. Mar 16, 2009 ive always been a geek and a reader, says eileen gittins, tech entrepreneur and founder of. Colleen taylor talks with the ceo of blurb eileen gittins about anyone publishing their own book and the industry today. The idea of blurb came after eileen gittins, founder of the company, had a hard time finding an affordable publishing house to make and publish a book of her own photography. Spend any time with eileen gittins, founder and ceo of blurb, the san franciscobased creative selfpublishing platform, and its like being at your own, personal, oneonone. Although blurb seems like it could pose a threat to the business model of the traditional book business, gittins insists publishing is. Bookify is the latest addition to blurb s complete suite of bookmaking tools. Blurbs independent publishing platform offers the ability to design, publish, share, market, distribute, and sell both digital and print books. Blurbs free bookmaking tools now output rich media ebooks in. Blurb launches blurb bookshow, enabling online book sharing. Photoshelter has used blurb before to develop marketing. Blurb introduces new publishing and book design software and.
Gittins latest start up, called blurb where your ideas become great books is its taglinewas born to put oneoff publishing in the hands of anyone with access to a digital camera and. Blurb adds magcloud, an ondemand magazine and digital publishing business, to its portfolio. Authors are eager to share their stories, said eileen gittins, founder and ceo, blurb. Every family, traveler, photographer, bride, cook, poet, teacher, blogger, and artist has a book inside them. Blurb founder eileen gittins on selfpublishing boon.
Built for creatives by creatives, blurb has made lowcost, smallbatch book printing and retailing a reality. They can also easily buy your book the buy button directs to the authors personal bookstore page at blurb. What started as a selfpublishing startup for doityourself bookmakers has. Founded by eileen gittins in 2005 and funded by canaan partners and anthem venture partners, the blurb platform enables everyone to independently publish, share, market, and. Initially founded in 2005 by eileen gittins, this company now has a whole team of design, internet and media veterans. In this interview, i speak with eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, who is attempting to democratize selfpublishing by making it economic and convenient, bypassing retailers, publishers, and agents. Movie with eileen gittins of blurb on printondemand. Jan 28, 2015 gittins says blurb is aiming to not only disrupt the business from a who gets to make a book, but also the distribution model for how books are sold and discovered. Ceo of blurb, shows the most passionate, personal books ever made. The company is headquartered in san francisco and can be found online at. Eileen gittins founder of blurb californian photographer, eileen gittins is charismatic, idearich, but above all, she is a serious business woman. Blurb is an american selfpublishing platform that enables their users to create, selfpublish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. View eileen gittins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Blurb launches series of designer collection templates.
Eileen gittins is the founder and ceo of blurb, the creative publishing and marketing. Blurb was founded by eileen gittins in 2005, and includes a team of design, internet and media veterans who share a passion for helping people bring their stories to life. At its peak volume last year, blurb produced more book titles in three minutes than a midsized publisher produces in a year, gittins says. Aug 11, 2011 for the last six years, eileen gittins has made it her mission to help anyone and everyone become an author via blurb.
Movie with eileen gittins of blurb on printondemand publishing. This is a compilation of some of my everyday goto dishes as well as meals fit for company. According to eileen gittins, blurb ceo, the photo publisher will get the book an isbn and print it on demandno minimum print run required. Blurb brings selfpublished books to amazon usa today. Back in 2005 eileen gittins wanted to make a book of her. Eileen gittens is the founder of makeyourown book company blurb. When i was growing up in california, my mother taught the great books at schools. Introducing blurb bookify, an online bookmaking tool for.
May 02, 2012 but according to founder and ceo eileen gittins, blurb wants more. Eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, says that even as the digital transformation takes hold, a series interest in high quality print remains. Blurb, the indie book publishing platform, leads self publishing in new directions with licensing of hpaos magcloud platform. Eileen gittins builds blurb to make book publishing easy and affordable in the market for selfpublishing, blurb has certainly made a splash.
If your goal is to make a knockem dead photo book, tonight, bookify is for you, said eileen gittins, blurb s founder and ceo. How eileen gittins turned the page and launched a new chapter in publishing. Blurb joins forces with design observer and launches the. She has also served as vp at wall data and as ceo at personify, a pioneering developer of ebusiness software for profiling, analytics, and segmentation. Blurb is a san franciscobased company that provides tools for authors to design, print, and distribute their own books. Eileen gittins grows blurb as an online brand smart. And when her passion for photography led to a desire to make a good book out of her photos, her disappointment in the end result inspired the creation of blurb. Blurb is bringing book publishing to the masses by providing an affordable publishing platform thats accessible to anyone with a broadband connection and modest computing skills. The silicon valley entrepreneur is betting that theres still a big and growing market for booksyes, the kind. Through 2008, blurb had produced almost one million books. In spite of digital platforms, blurb has found success letting customers design and publish professionalquality books. You can print blurb photo books, magazines, notebooks and trade books with their online services. Blurb founder eileen gittins on selfpublishing boon bloomberg. The 100person company has more than 750,000 customers, of which more than 50 percent are repeat.
Aug 23, 20 books, including blurb books, were always kind of after the fact, said eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, the fastgrowing pod selfpublishing platform. Eileen gittins builds blurb to make book publishing easy. Blurb, a san francisco startup, makes printondemand easy. Further, blurb puts book creators in full control by. Founded in 2005 by executive chairman, eileen gittins, blurb has nearly 2 million independent book authors worldwide, resulting in 3. Hyveup produces short video interviews of foundersofficers from web 2.
Oct 30, 2014 eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, says that even as the digital transformation takes hold, a series interest in high quality print remains. Blurb is wellknown as a digital book making company. An interview with ceo and founder eileen gittins were a little biased, sure, but we think that one of the highlights of the london author fair was the seminar author entrepreneur. Blurb offers book making tools catering to diverse digital skills. Blurb is expanding into the e book space this summer, gradually rolling out a software platform that will allow people to create. For the last six years, eileen gittins has made it her mission to help anyone and everyone become an author via blurb. Aug 26, 2015 blurb is a san franciscobased company that provides tools for authors to design, print, and distribute their own books. Sep 23, 2015 eileen gittins, founder and ceo of blurb, inc. Blurb is a bookmaking platform and creative community that enables individuals to create, publish, share, and sell highquality photo books, trade books. U p until recently the power to make books resided in the hands of a select few, but blurb set out in 2004 to change all that. Apr 17, 20 gittins believes this approach makes highquality publishing much more accessible. Eileen gittins enjoys leveraging technology to offer the rest of us new ways to do valuable things.
Selfpublished photo books to be sold through amazon. As founder and ceo of blurb and a lifelong reader who typically has several books going at once, eileen is now at work imagining not just what books can be, but what they should be in the age of everything, all the time. In 2006, eileen launched blurb, a simple book designing platform and a publishing process that could quickly produce beautifully made books at gamechanging price. Photograph by cody pickens in 2004, after running two silicon valley tech startups and selling one of them, eileen gittins b. Gittins venture, blurb, has realized a 30 percent increase in revenue over the last year. Eileen gittins, founder of blurb in spite of digital platforms, blurb has found success letting customers design and publish professionalquality books. In 2005, she launched the worlds first selfpublishing platform giving people the freedom to create the books of their dreams. Why your book is your startup, featuring our very own eileen gittins. Back in 2005 eileen gittins wanted to make a book of her own photography book. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover eileens. Eileen is the founder of blurb, a company that allows individuals to produce their own books in small volumes. Eileen gittins is the founderceo of blurb, an online book publishing company. Enrollment in the blurb to amazon program is free, for now, and includes getting an isbn number, the barcode that. Nov 29, 2011 gittins venture, blurb, has realized a 30 percent increase in revenue over the last year.
In doing so, the company unlocked the long tail of book publishing and attracted an enthusiastic audience of diy creatives. Blurb introduces new publishing and book design software. Everyone from awardwinning photographers, to couples wanting to commemorate the birth of their child started using blurb and they continue to do so today. Eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, shows the most passionate, personal books ever made. Books, including blurb books, were always kind of after the fact, said eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, the fastgrowing pod selfpublishing platform. Their ceo, eileen gittins, and i have had a chance to sit down last year when we were comparing notes about putting together a national seminar series, and more recently, were both partners to the magnum expression photography award. Additionally, users will be able to drag and drop images directly onto a page and the page will design itself. Blurb bookshow makes an authors book more discoverable, more exciting to experience and drives interest in the printed book. The story behind the story eileen gittins, founder of blurb books, talks about passionate, opinionated creatives and the power of storytellingand why theyre both good things. Eileen gittins, ceo and founder of blurb an online platform that allows individuals to design and publish their own photo books has announced that blurb users will now be. The company was founded in 2005 by eileen gittins and funded by canaan partners and anthem venture partners.
Eileen gittins, ceo of blurb, says that even as the digital. Launched in 2006 by ceo eileen gittins, blurb now enjoys global scale via more than 1. The make a book part was possible, sure, but the costs were prohibitive. They are currently based in san francisco, though they also have offices in. Blurb, the custom book printing startup, is tossing its hat. The london book fair 2020 has been cancelled how to optimize your book blurb with keywords dave chesson guest post how to set up your author website quickly and easily pauline wiles guest post. Blurb teams up with amazon for selfpublished photo books. How blurb tapped into the burgeoning selfpublishing industry. Blurb announces ceo transition to position company for next.
She says the risk of starting a company is very personal because of all of the costs involved. Blurbs platform makes it easy to design, publish, promote, and sell professionalquality printed books and ebooks. In 2003, she had what she thought was a great collection that she wanted to use for a book to give 35 friends and family members. As selfpublishing expands in popularity, blurb has experienced significant. Blurb is a creative publishing platform that enables anyone in the world to make a proper book, she says. For print runs over 300, blurb will now warehouse the.
A visit with eileen gittins, ceo of blurb publishing perspectives. Describe the value proposition of blurb, including differentiation versus the rest of the market. I have written a few pieces on how the book publishing business needs to is going to change because of the web. Blurb was founded by eileen gittins in 2005, and includes a team of design. Blurb authors have created millions of books using our full suite of free book making tools, and today a new book is created every minute.
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