Digital photo books

Ron Lucas · Issue 73, Jul/Aug 2013 · pp. 64–66

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Products mentioned: Blurb.com, BookSmart, iPad, iBooks Store

price to sell the book publicly in the Blurb.com Online Bookstore or allow it to be downloaded for free. It can also be kept private. The process is similar: download the latest copy of BookSmart to your computer, import photos to select from and either follow a guided path or wing it which is what we do. Then upload your creation and follow the directions online to edit/convert for iPads. Blurb.com now offers the facility to create books online, but I much prefer to work offline and upload later. I love to share my best photos from exotic underwater destinations and although I could be classed as a semi - pro photographer as I have sold images, the greatest reward is to see others enjoy them. So the majority of the time I donate photos and digital photo books. I get a real boost when contacted by researchers looking for images for papers or students working on thesis who want copies of …

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