Create a book as a gift

Pick the format you want to gift, add photos and text, design the cover, proof your work, and order when ready. Design in the Blurb online editor, BookWright, or on your own in Canva, Word, or another software and then use our PDF-to-book tool.

Printing and binding usually take 4 to 5 business days and the transit time depends on the destination and the speed of delivery you choose at checkout. You can see estimated delivery times on our book shipping calculator or at checkout right before you pay.

Blurb doesn’t currently sell gift cards. If you already have one, it’s still valid and doesn’t expire. You can check your balance with the Gift Card Lookup tool. In the meantime, you can make the book yourself and have it shipped straight to your recipient. For photo books, you can add a gift box so it arrives gifting-ready.

Yes. We run several promotions throughout the October–December holiday season, including seasonal discounts on photo books and other formats. If you visit and don't see an active promotion, new customers can still get 30% off their first order by creating a free Blurb account.

Yes. There’s no minimum or maximum number of books you can order as a gift. Set the number you need at checkout or contact our team if you need more than 100 copies.

Yes. Merchants, creatives, event planners, real estate agencies, and other businesses print at scale with Blurb all the time. We can help you design and ship client gifts, team gifts, or stock to sell through the season. Explore our volume discounts or contact the dedicated team if you have orders over 100 copies.

Yes. Blurb offers volume discounts for any book order starting at 10 copies. For orders above 100 copies, contact our team for pricing.

All Blurb books, magazines, and stationery arrive in protective packaging. For all photo books except 5x5 in., you can also add a high-quality gift box at checkout.

Yes. Enter their address in the shipping information tab at checkout, and the book will be delivered directly to their door.

Yes. Every project you create with Blurb stays in your account, so you can go back and print the same book again whenever you want.