Blurb

company

About

Blurb is a self-publishing platform allowing individuals to create, publish, share, promote and sell their own books.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Debt Financing
Last Funding Money Raised
$2.50M
Industries
Collaboration,E-Commerce,Publishing
Founded date
Jan 1, 2005
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active

Blurb (www.blurb.com) is an indie publishing platform that lets anyone create and publish professional-looking coffee-table books and fixed-format ebooks via free desktop and online software or integration with Adobe InDesign. Authors can then share and sell their book directly from their website, blog, or social network via Blurb's Direct Sell tools. Blurb handles printing – POD or offset – and shipping of any orders.

Founded in 2006, Blurb is privately held and headquartered in San Francisco, CA with offices in London.

In October of 2007, the company introduced features that let users collaboratively create books and share photos via its online bookmaking tool – Bookify.

In 2008 Blurb launched a tool to turn your blog into a book via its staple desktop publishing software – BookSmart.,

Unlike [Lulu](http://www.lulu.com) and [iUniverse](http://www.iuniverse.com) who tend to focus on creating books out of manuscripts Blurb's focus has traditionally been on coffee-table books such as art books, children's books, graphic novels, photography books, and architecture books.

Blurb is also a great solution for everyday consumers to create gorgeous looking personal keepsakes and gifts such as wedding books, holiday books, and books from your Instagram and Facebook photos.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$5M
Blurb has raised a total of $5M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 13, 2008 from a Debt Financing round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 13, 2008 Debt Financing $2.50M 1 Detail
Jan 11, 2007 Debt Financing $2.50M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Blurb is funded by 1 investors. Hercules Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Hercules Capital Debt Financing