BlogHer - Your Blog in Print! - Comments

Blurb highly recommended!

elderberries — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:25:07 -0500

I don't know about printing a blog specifically using Blurb.com, but I created a hardcover photo album book a while back using their offline book creator, and was blown away by the quality of it. I loved showing it off... everyone was amazed at how professional it looked and felt!

-Amy
Printer Ink

(In the interest of full disclosure, I work for a printer ink retailer, but we have nothing to do whatsoever with Blurb.com.) :-)

AMAZING way to turn your blog into a scrapbook for your kids!!!

epricke22 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:53:17 -0500

I found an amazing site that will turn your blog into a scrapbook!! htts://www.scrapbookblogger.com/

On this site you can download your blog, pictures and all, and it turns int into a really cute hardback book to keep! It was pretty simple to do. I really liked that I could pick the background and layouts that I liked to make it really look like a colorful, fun scrapbook. I plan on getting several printed as gifts for the grandparents too!

I used Blogbinders.com

Colleen — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:10:25 -0500

Hi, Karen!

A few weeks ago I had the first year of my blog printed and bound by Blogbinders.com. I wrote a Link Textreview about it on my blog:

Thanks!

Colleen
http://delaneydiaries.typepad.com

Thanks for the info Karen!

kristinaQ — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:46:30 -0500

Thanks for the info Karen! (Though I doubt my posts are worth it, hehe)

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Bookmarking this!

Liz Rizzo — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:34:33 -0500

What a great idea. :) Liz

Liz Rizzo

Everyday Goddess

Mary Tsao: to answer your question

Karen Rani — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:12:36 -0500

On the Blogprinting.com FAQ page, it says as long as they are in certain formats (jpeg, gif, etc,) then they will in fact, render and print properly.
Karen

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Troll Baby

Troll Baby Graphics

I want to do this for my kids

Mary Tsao — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:05:09 -0500

Thanks for the links, Karen!

This is the only "baby book" I've ever done for my kids so I've often thought how nice it would be to get it printed.

Can you include pictures in these books, too?

Mary
BlogHer Contributing Editor, Mommy & Family
Mom Writes

Thank you Amaya!

Karen Rani — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:40:16 -0500

That is very helpful information. Thank you!
Karen

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Troll Baby

Troll Baby Graphics

For LJ users

amaya rain — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:39:35 -0500

For those who use Livejournal, there is a free service from LJ Book that will turn your journal into a PDF file, including comments. The only downside is that you cannot exclude private entries from being printed - which is fine for those printing for themselves, not so great if they're looking for distribution.

Amaya Rain

Your Blog in Print!

Karen Rani — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:58:18 -0500

A while back, I asked my readers what they would recommend I use to print my blog. It is getting quite long and I'm concerned I could, in fact, lose it all.

Krista at The Silent K, offered this link to Two Peas in a Bucket. I might consider this option since the outcome looks more creative then others I've seen. Thanks Krista!

I also found Blog Printing, from QOOP, Inc., takes your blog from Movable Type, Wordpress, or Typepad and offers the options of black and white, or colour printing, in three different sizes. Printing from Blogger is unavailable at this time. To give you an idea of price:

Black and white books cost $7.50 for the first 28 pages, plus 4 cents per page for additional pages. Color books cost $12.00 for the first 28 pages, plus 30 cents per page for additional pages. If you set up an account to resell your blog, you can specify either a percentage or a flat royalty. Any royalties are added to the base cost of the book.

I'm not personally concerned with royalities, but some bloggers might be able to sell their printed blog if it contains valuable information.

Other options include Lulu.com, Print My Blog.com and Blurb. It's all the name of preservation.

Contributing Editor Karen Rani also blogs at Troll Baby and owns Troll Baby Graphics.