101 QUICK AND EASY SECRETS FOR USING YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS- P35:Millions of people around the world have many photos stored on their laptop and desktop computers, external hard drives, CDs and DVDs, and flash drives. Most images are just sitting there idle, waiting for the world to see them. Some have been unused for years. Up until now there has been no guide to help people find ways to use these photos. | 156 Getting Published PHOTO CONTEST LIST Want to enter a different photo competition Here s a list of some more of the bigger contests. Sony World Photography Awards Travel Photographer of the Year Nature s Best Photography Awards International Photography Awards The Everyman Amateur Photography Contest Self-Publishing a Photo Book Using Blurb Blurb lets you make your own photo book see Figure . It isn t cheap. Prices range from for a 7x7 40-page softcover book to for a 12x12 440-page hardcover book. The site is probably not the place for making bulk orders. What it is though is a great place to see how a finished book looks and perhaps to print a few copies to see whether they sell. If all goes well then you can bulk order through a print shop. To download Blurb s BookSmart the program with which you build your book you have to register username password and e-mail at the site. The site then processes that info and determines what kind of computer you re working on Mac or PC . From there you can download the program. Using the program is not all that difficult. You basically import your photos from your computer or from Flickr Photobucket Picasa Web Albums and or SmugMug . After they re uploaded you ll see them as thumbnails in the right frame of the window. To place a photo in the book you just click and drag a photo when the book page says Drag Image Here. To add text just click in the textbox. The pages are organized in two-page spreads where the text is on the left page and the images are on the right. Thumbnails for the pages are numbered along the bottom of the window. To work on one you just have to click on it. These aforementioned directions will get you started on your book. There are numerous video and text tutorials that show you many of BookSmart s features when you navigate to the Help drop-down menu at the top of your
