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Blurb is a self-publishing platform that enables their users to create, self-publish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. Blurb offers book-making tools catering to diverse digital skills. ==History== The company was founded in 2005 by Eileen Gittins〔http://www.vaguedirection.com/9-realisations-on-anxiety-persistence-challenges-more/〕 and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Blurb's headquarters are located in San Francisco, California. Since its inception, Blurb has delivered more than 6 million books created by more than a half million customers. Blurb’s website is translated into 6 languages and the company ships to more than 70 countries and territories. ''Time Magazine'' named Blurb one of 2006's "50 Coolest Web Sites". The company has taken in $21.6 million〔http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blurb〕 in venture capital funding, and generates nearly $100 million〔http://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/all-entrepreneurs-need-to-tell-these-six-stories.html〕 in revenues per year. Blurb announced a partnership with Amazon〔http://petapixel.com/2014/04/22/blurb-announces-partnership-amazon-simplify-self-publishing-photo-books/〕 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 paltform with a 15% cut on Blurb books—a discount from previous fees of up to 45%.〔http://www.whatsnewinpublishing.co.uk/content/blurb-strikes-unique-15-deal-amazon〕 Amazon has agreed to the fee to access to Blurb’s nearly two-million authors, who have produced 8 million〔http://www.blurb.com/company-profile〕 books since 2006. In May 2014 Blurb acquired MagCloud,〔http://fortune.com/2014/05/06/blurb-acquires-hps-magcloud-aims-to-dominate-long-tail-publishing/〕 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, and nearly 10,000 customers. Blurb will offer warehousing and fulfillment services to customers, acting as a one-stop-shop for boutique and niche publishing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blurb, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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