Blurb BookSmart® gives you the ability to create blog books from blogs on Blogger, Live Journal, Typepad, and WordPress.com. However, currently it doesn’t work with a self-hosted WordPress blog, i.e., one on your own domain. While we work on a fix to this, there’s an easy workaround that can actually help make the editing process easier – something I discovered while making a blog book from our #camerathursdays posts on blog.blurb.com. And it takes about five minutes.
Step 1: Export your posts
First go to your blog admin panel and select “Export” under the “Tools” menu. Here’s where you have a chance to select the content you’ll want to export. This can make creating your book easier down the road because you’ll only import certain content. I chose a specific category I wanted to import. ↓
Step 2: Create a WordPress.com blog
Now that you’ve exported your posts and they’re on your computer, it’s time to find them a temporary home on WordPress.com. Creating an account is free and easy. Keep that password handy – you’ll need it in BookSmart. ↓
Step 3: Import your posts
Go into the admin panel on your new wordpress.com blog and select “Import” under “Tools.” This should look pretty familiar. Select WordPress as your import source ↓
Then upload your exported posts. ↓
Step 4: Slurp blog into BookSmart
Now, just fire up BookSmart, select a book size, choose a blog book, and enter your WordPress.com login credentials. Since you already chose which blog posts you wanted to export, you’ll only get the posts you need. Need more help slurping your blog? We have a video on that. ↓
from Blurberati Blog http://blog.blurb.com
