Topic: Blurb BookSmart ® is free, easy to use bookmaking software for Win / Mac.

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Blurb BookSmart® is free, easy to use bookmaking software for Win / Mac.

Blurb BookSmart® is free, easy to use bookmaking software. Quickly import pictures and text into professionally designed book templates and page layouts — or drag and drop your content into fully customizable pages and layouts for a look that's all your own.


Free and Easy to Use Software

    * Cross-platform — Works on both Mac and PC.
    * Easy to make — Drag and drop images and text into hundreds of professionally designed layouts to create a book that reflects your style.
    * Creative control — Design and edit your book's text and photos with intuitive layout tools.

    * Font support — Use all your own fonts in a variety of sizes and text styles.
    * Easy image management — Keep track of the images in your book with the "My imported Photos" library.


Professionally Designed Layouts and Styles

    * Get started — New to bookmaking? Use our "Guide Me" feature to help you get going.
    * Starter layouts — Check our starter layouts like Wedding, Portfolio, Yearbook, or Journal to get a jumpstart on a specific book type.
    * Themes — Want to create one overall look for your book? Try one of our pre-built themes.

    * Design DIY — Create and customize to your heart's content with hundreds of different cover and page layouts.
    * Backgrounds, borders and ornaments — Adorn your books with hundreds of hand-illustrated artistic accents.



Import Photos, Blogs, and More

    * Slurp your photos — Automatically import your favorite shots from Flickr, Picasa, and SmugMug with the BookSmart Slurper.
    * Slurp your blog — Have a blog hosted by Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, or WordPress.com? Slurp your posts into a book in seconds.
    * GroupBook — Invite friends and family to submit photos for your book, and import them directly into BookSmart.

    * iPhoto integration — Instantly access and import photos from your iPhoto library.
    * Find out more — Want to know what else you can import? Check out our related FAQs.


Improved creative control

    * Customizable page layouts and covers — Customize any existing page or cover layout using our new Layout Editor to get the design you want, every time.
    * Customizable book templates — BookSmart allows you to customize book templates and easily reuse part or all of your previous designs (including layouts, backgrounds, font settings, ornaments, borders, etc.).

    * New trim size - 12x12 Large Square — BookSmart offers the same great layout choices and professionally designed theme options in our newest trim size, the 12x12" Large Square.

Workflow enhancements

    * Save to My Layouts — Have a favorite layout? Customize and reuse it in future books with the new "Save to My Layouts" feature.

    * Find and replace feature — Now you can quickly and easily find specific text and make changes with Find and Replace support.

http://www.blurb.com/booksmart