Blurb is a populist publishing company that works with leading book printers to create bookstore-quality books, so you can have your creation (ie novel, or blog, or collection of amazing vacation photographs) published in a hardcover book for posterity. Simply download Blurb’s publishing program, input and layout your creation, and VOILA: you are an author! Pricing starts at $30 for an 8-by-10-inch full-color hardcover volume with dust jacket and up to 40 pages.