Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I for one like Blurb. Your pissed off because their business plan is not up to your standards. Well from what I see they are very successful. Their target customer is one that isn't sophisticated. Get over it. On the other hand have you checked out Lulu.com - they take PDF for the whole book . at least they used to. ernie nitka On Dec 23, 2008, at 2:33 PM, PHC wrote: > Thanks Brian - I look forward to seeing it too! > > The best way to cut the crap would be for Blurb to use some decent > software in the first place. Personally I don't understand why they > can't just take a PDF from InDesign, like any normal printer. I know > their business is not based around professional designers and so > they have to make everything as foolproof as possible, but really, > BookSmart is one of the great all-time misnomers. > > Cheers, Paul. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > +44 (0)20 3239 9573 > www.paulhardycarter.com > www.lightstalkers.org/phc > www.twitter.com/paulhardycarter > Skype: paulhardycarter > ******* > > > > On 23 Dec 2008, at 22:01, Brian Reid wrote: > >> Somebody out there has got to have an Indigo press with a PDF >> workflow so you don't have to go through crap like this. But I look >> forward to seeing your book. >> >>> For the record, here's the procedure I followed in the end: I >>> designed it in InDesign, exported the pages as a PDF, opened the >>> PDF in Photoshop and saved each page as a separate 300dpi PNG and >>> then imported the PNGs to BookSmart. I'm assured this is the way >>> to keep the text looking pure. We'll see! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information