For detailed instruction see my e-book listed below. For LSI a common strategy is to just leave the bar code rectangle blank and let them patch it in.
I have produced pdf covers that ran without difficulty on 360 Digital and Lulu. LSI is a bit more difficult For LSI make sure you use pdf x/1-a format and don't use a rich black with more than 240% ink coverage. I built my own rich black in Scribus. Bar code should be pure black, not rich black. As an alternative, to get around some problems LSI has with layers etc. save the file as tiff instead of pdf. Of course you still must use CMYK colors throughout. LSI will accept tiff. I have no idea why Createspace had a problem. I will try them next. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html Thanks for the TIFF hint for LSI, John. That could save some grief. Also, letting them provide the barcode should sidestep the rich black issue. Unfortunately, letting CreateSpace provide the barcode isn't a good option because they just put 90000 in the price field even though the retail price has been provided to them. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey
