Blurb teams up with Amazon for self-published photo books

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by Sindy Cator on April 23, 2014 at 5:10 pm

Blurb, the indie publishing platform that lets photographers self-publish their books, has joined forces with Amazon, the retail giant, to sell and distribute books produced and designed by Blurb authors. This opens up a great opportunity for photographers to propel their work into the public eye. To facilitate that, Blurb is introducing BookWright, a new design tool that includes, among other things, free ISBN numbers. In contrast, an ISBN number purchased through Bowker, the U.S. ISBN agency, generally costs $125. With this new program, anyone who creates a book using BookWright, Blurb’s Adobe InDesign plug-in, or Amazon distribution can get a free ISBN. BookWright,…