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Blurb, Inc.

Logo: Blurb, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Book publishing platform

Blurb Inc. is an American self-publishing platform that allows users to create, self-publish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. It also offers software for laying out books.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1
  • Industryself-publishing1
  • HeadquartersSan Francisco1
  • Websitewww.blurb.fr
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • LEI549300YU35VDABCA89453
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O COGENCY GLOBAL INC., 19904 Dover, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 39497863

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Blurb Inc. is an American self-publishing platform that allows users to create, self-publish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. It also offers software for laying out books.2

Corporate structure

Blurb, Inc. sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Blurb, Inc. San Francisco, California, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Blurb, Inc. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The company was founded in 2005 by Eileen Gittins and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Blurb's headquarters are in San Francisco, California.

Time magazine named Blurb one of 2006's "50 Coolest Web Sites".

The company generates nearly $100 million in revenues per year.

Blurb announced a partnership with Amazon in April 2014. The deal allows Blurb-designed books to be sold and distributed on the Amazon platform. The partnership enables self-publishing on the platform with a 15% cut on Blurb books.

In May 2014 Blurb acquired MagCloud, a self-publishing platform for magazines, under a licensing agreement from HP. In the deal, Blurb took over the company's technology and operations. Blurb was acquired by their print fulfillment partner Reischling Press, Inc. (RPI) for an undisclosed amount in August 2020.

From Wikipedia’s article on Blurb, Inc., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2005Founded Founded1

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