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Blurb, Inc.
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Blurb is an American self-publishing platform that allows users to create, self-publish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. It also offers software for laying out books.
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The company was founded in 2005 by Eileen Gittins and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Blurb's headquarters are in San Francisco, California.
Time magazine named Blurb one of 2006's "50 Coolest Web Sites".[1]
The company generates nearly $100 million[2] in revenues per year.
Blurb announced a partnership with Amazon[3] in April 2014. The deal allows Blurb-designed books to be sold and distributed on the Amazon platform. The partnership enables self-publishing on the platform with a 15% cut on Blurb books.[4]
In May 2014 Blurb acquired MagCloud,[5] a self-publishing platform for magazines, under a licensing agreement from HP. In the deal, Blurb took over the company's technology and operations. Blurb was acquired by their print fulfillment partner Reischling Press, Inc. (RPI) for an undisclosed amount in August 2020.[6]
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