Blurb, Inc.

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.

Blurb Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Self-publishing
Founded	Incorporated 2005
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, US
Key people	Rix Kramlich (CEO) Eileen Gittins (founder & chairman)
Products	BookWright, Blurb plug-in for Adobe InDesign, Blurb iOS app, BookSmart, Blurb PDF Uploader, Blurb book module in Adobe Lightroom Classic
Number of employees	120
Website	www.blurb.com

History

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. Since its inception, Blurb has delivered more than 14 million books.

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 has taken 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]

Awards

• In April 2008, Blurb was nominated for A 2008 Webby Award.^[7]
• In August 2010, Blurb was announced as 2010 AOP Open Award Winner.^[8]
• Blurb was an Inc. 500 No. 1 media company in 2010.^[9]