Category: READ & DISCOVER

All book/library/technologies-related news that we think are intersting to share here!

Print your Instagram book

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Instagram is the ultimate photo sharing social network, ranking among the most popular social networks in the world.

Instagram is your digital “photo album.” So why not print it out and get a physical version?

This is what yours might look like: https://www.blookup.com/fr/b2b/preview/56823/

How do I create my Instagram book?

  1. I go to BlookUp.com
  2. I select the Instagram book “the book of my Instagram photos“.
  3. I click on “I discover my book” to arrive on the connection window and I authorize the import of my content. Thereafter, you can thanks to “the publication period“, choose the period on which you want to import your content (example: all of 2021).
  4. If your account has a lot of content, spread over several years, don’t worry! Just add your volume 1 in your cart and create your next volumes.

Once the import is complete, you will arrive at a customization window with a sidebar where you will find the different presentation options (Preview, Appearance and Content).

Once you have made your selections, you must click on the first eye-shaped button on the sidebar (Preview) to save your changes and regenerate your modified book!

Print your blog book!

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BlookUp is the first French company to turn your blog into a beautiful book!

You own a blog and you want to immortalize all your best moments in a book? It is now possible!

BlookUp has developed an innovative technology that allows you to import your social content on our platform and then print them!

Your blog book will then be delivered to you within 8-10 business days.

What are the elements we import from your blog?

  • BlookUp will import your posts in their entirety (title, text, photo,…) so that the blog book is as representative as possible of your online post.
  • We also import the category, date, tags so you can organize your blook according to the most relevant criteria, but first you have to enter your login credentials for this to work.
  • Once the data is imported, you can customize your book before ordering it.

I create my blog book: https://www.blookup.com/fr/products/

Gary Strachan and his 42 blooks!!

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Gary Strachan is one of our loyal customer. He has published and printed 42 blooks so far! Can you believe it?!

Each of his blook holds a story from his childhood, his memories, his thoughts and his present life. Once you start reading you can’t stop.

BlookUp gave Gary the the possibility to import his content from his blog, to customize and shape them and to print them so he can keep track of all his online work, his best moments with his family and friends.

Why not do the same? Check out our website for more information!

All Gary blooks are in our BlookSpace. Enjoy 🙂

3 Questions to : Patricia Le Gal, Head of Lorient Archives

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Which blook format did you choose? Why?

We opted for the Facebook blook. This format is perfectly suited to our expectations as the majority of the content published on our Facebook page is relayed on other social media platforms. We also share more information about the visits organized by the animation of Lorient’s heritage on Facebook than we publish in full on other networks.

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TWITTER IN 10 POINTS : TIPS AND NEWS 2018

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Twitter has become nowadays the social network of the immediate information and is in that way in direct competition with traditional medias.

You will find in this article 10 tips and facts that you might ignore about the little blue bird’s world.

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Sensory fiction suit , the book which was plugged in

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After hearing and smelling, books keep dropping physical barriers and surprising us!

Sensory Fiction is a unique book titled “The Girl Who Was Plugged In”, a science-fiction novelette written by James Tiptree (a woman, as her pen name tries to hide)… In 1973!

It resembles any book but its size and thickness are strange: In fact, this book allows to experience the emotions of its main character with a connected jacket to wear before starting the reading session!

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A 1973’s story in a book from the future!

The concept is still at the prototype stage but the technologies used are already advanced! The MIT Media Lab, which developed and delivered a physical form to the whole idea, used nearly 150 programmable LEDs to illuminate the cover of the book, allowing colors to change the atmosphere all around you while the jacket, equipped with a heating device (with the help of a Peltier junction), vibrating plates and a system of compression by airbags, will make you experience with the heroine the power of love and despair, the sensation of freedom and that of confinement…

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Front and back views of the Sensory Fiction suit

By playing on heat transmission, heart rate and the atmosphere of the room, Sensory Fiction transports you beyond words and, if it does not replace your imagination (fortunately!), it allows you to be immersed body and soul in the narrative!

We are excited to know if new stories will be adapted to the concept!

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Source | Images:  F3H3

Christmas 2017 for books lovers!

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1. A pocket book turned into a decorative pen

pocket-book-pen-foldedA unique handmade accessory by Papiers et Contes en Herbe, which will elegantly carry your letters, cards, CDs, and will prevent your friends from stacking all these bulky objects on their desk!

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2. A zip-like bookmark

zip-bookmarkHaving a bookmark is cool, but having a bookmark that has style is way cooler! For a reasonable price, offer a always useful, colorful gift that will make all readers envious!

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3. A giant book that transforms into a stool

stool-books-booknitureA magic and effective multiple use-object that will allow you to sit AND decorate your shelves! It can be stored in your personal library or be used as a stool when receiving riends over. A gift that will certainly give all rooms a real style!

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4. The Swear Words Coloring book

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Not a gift made for children! If you know a naturally stressed person or one going through difficult times, this book is the perfect gift! It allows anybody to let their creativity run wild while embellishing the most floral insults of Shakespeare’s tongue (pens and watercolor not provided).

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5. A Blook

pile-books-foregroundWe didn’t mention it last Christmas, so we are allowing ourselves to do so this year ;): Create the book of your blog (WordPress, Overblog, Canalblog, Blogger / Blogspirit, Tumblr, Skyrock, Haut et Fort), your favorite social network (Facebook, Instagram) or PDF file with BlookUp!

Import all of your content in just a few clicks, layout them and adjust all the details of your book (covers, texts, images …) as you please! The creation and customization of the books are unlimited and free, and your order is delivered at home within 15 working days! Okay, maybe it’s too late for this year, but you can still surprise your loved ones with our Gift Cards (or simply get ready for a birthday or next Christmas 😉 )!

Find our personalization guide in our help section, and don’t forget that our customer service is also here to help you create your blook!

Hashtag Shelfie: Sharing your library under the hashtag

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We know that internet, blogs and social networks gave or maintained a general taste for writing and creation! It also  gave the world of books a second youth by putting self-publishing at everyone’s reach.

Books and writing are part of the daily life for many of us. And the internet pays them tribute!

@earthscorners

What the shelf?

On Instagram, we find under the hashtag #shelfie a whole lot of inspiring photos featuring shelves and libraries. The word “shelfie” itself sets the tone by combining the words “shelf” with the word “selfie” (the famous self-portraits photographed in the 21st century, for those sleeping at the bottom).

Many of the photos feature furnitures arranged like they’re almost taken straight out of an IKEA magazine. But, and this is what interests us here, we can also find books!

@culturetripbooks

#Shelfie indeed is the occasion to make your personal library a star while the hashtag lasts ! It’s also the moment to share your reading taste or your  storage foibles to your friends and followers… Or even to discover what composes the tastes of others and how people organizes and surrounds one’s readings!

@bluestockingbookhelf

@bluestockingbookshelf

No boasting of elitist readings or endless rows of books here (even if we recognize that a full library is always pretty to picture 😉 ), only the joy of seeing beautiful book-related photos and starting exchanging about your favorite books!

After all, the contents of a library are often indicative of the personality of its owner(s): It is with this idea that the newspaper The Guardian launched the concept of the Shelfie in December 2013.

@shelfjoy

More than 820 000 publications are now classified under the hashtag #shelfie and more are coming everyday, so it’s always time to get involved and show what you have and love!

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Article source (French) | Images:  @earthscorners, @culturetripbooks, @bluestockingbookshelf and @shelfjoy