Blog Book

I had been wanting to print my blog for a long time and was sorely disappointed when the sight I found to use (blurb.com) was no longer compatible to blogger….whatever that means! Well…what it meant was I needed to find something else! i did some google searches and didn’t come up with much but did find this sight….sharedbook.com. It was one of those websites that doesn’t come up first in your search and you kinda stumble onto it…and if you don’t bookmark it you won’t find it again??? Yea…I didn’t bookmark it but thankfully my friend Elaine used the same website to print her blog so I found it again. It was surprisingly easy and I am glad I used this instead of something like blurb.com…..now the ones on blurb look like the photo books and you could rearrange the pictures and text…but could you imagine how much time that would take??? I was a little sad that i would not have more creative freedom but that quickly went away when I experienced how EASY it was to download and print the blog!

All I did was indicate the dates I wanted printed, give the password to my blog and push “GO” or start or continue….whatever. In about 5 minutes there it was! I could flip through the pages and when it met my approval(now I couldn’t go in and rearrange anything ) I put in my credit card info and VOILA! It was done! Oh…and it was FREE Shipping!

This is the front cover. I could choose the picture for this and could write a "dedication" on the front page.

I think it was about 48 pages?? I couldn't chose how many pages I wanted but it did have a limit on how many pictures could be in it...although it didn't say how many...I just know this because I put in a date range that had too many pictures and it said I had too many:) kinda wordy, huh!

I don't know if you can see the little conversation bubble beside the title of the post....but it has a number beside it. In the back of the book are all the comments. The number beside the bubble

is the comment number in the back.....make any sense?

It even tells you who/where the comment came from...although it had "Janet H" as the author of a lot of my mom's comments....thought that was odd!

Now there are a few things I wish I could have done like keep the comments with the original post and had all the pictures for one post on the same page…..BUT that all is OK with how simple this was. I did take a survey about my experience using their website and they had a question on what would make the site better. The choices you could pick were all the ones I mentioned and some others….so maybe they are looking to add more perks to their blogbook-creating sophistication???? I chose the paperback version because it was $10 cheaper and we don’t have little hands that might rip the cover. The cover is made from laminated cardstock....more sturdy than a regular paperback book. Oh....and the whole thing was under $25!