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 must have given the wrong impression. My only problem is with the number of hoops I had to jump through to get the book to look the way I wanted. Blurb themselves have been very helpful and I get the impression they are working at making the process easier. But, if you insist, I'll endeavour to "get over it". 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 22:40, charcot wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information