The online self publishing service Blurb has been around and well known in the do it yourself communities, but we thought with the summer heat wave killing us here on the East Coast, you might find yourself stuck indoors more than you’d like, with more time on your hands to unleash that inner creative being. The Do It Yourself series focuses on sharing tools and technology that make the traditional crafting realm spread its reach far beyond your corner sidewalk sale or flea market and take it to the masses and endless channels of the web.

Granted this may be a strike against the nature of DIY culture’s founding pillars, more and more artists have been embracing up and coming technologies and the web as a way to spread the reach of their once isolated zines and self published projects and publications. Like it or not, the argument is there, and technologies like Blurb are helping artists, and non-artists alike, do it themselves, tell their stories in refined and professional ways and change the landscape of what it means to share and creative exchange information. Check out their site and this little demo below which explains the book editing software they have created which you can use to publish your books (or for the more design savvy they recently started accepting adobe templates).

Getting Started with Blurb Booksmart from Blurb Books on Vimeo.