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Creating a blurb book with photos from flickr tips for your class project. Its my hobbyist photography blog and i would love to have an albumkeepsake of it. In my namiko candid bride portrait post the other day, i mentioned that id made a photo book for my brotherinlaw shogos wedding, and showed a twopage spread of a photo of his bride that i was proud of. I have just completed my e book in blurb s book wright software and had a big shock coming to me. While theres no perfect formula for writing the best blurb for your novel, there are some patterns worth noting.
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