On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 25, 2013, at 3:03 PM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Mark Roberts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> >>>> IF so, how did you convey that to Blurb? all I could find were templates >>> >>> I'm coming in late here but, as Godfrey said, if you want to upload to >>> Blurb in PDF you really have to build your project around one of their >>> templates from the start. >> >> Does that mean when i get reawdy to publish my memoir book, done in >> Word, i have to save as PDF. I'm now were close but just wondering > > No. > > It means that if you want to use a PDF workflow with Blurb, I would suggest > going to the Blurb.com website right away and reading up on how to > successfully create a book that you submit using PDF files. Do it early, > before you invest too much work into the design and finishing of your book > project as you will almost certainly have to re-do things if you don't > understand the process and workflow. > > For MOST books, unless you have something extraordinary you want to produce, > I'd start with their Booksmart application or use Lightroom (for photo books) > and see if the options and capabilities they offer do what you need. A PDF > workflow is more work, but if you're good with Adobe InDesign or other PDF > tools, it allows you to do a lot of things that aren't in the capability of > the available templates. > > G
Thanks. Mine will be mostly text with scanned photos of jobs done in the past at the back. Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
