> If you self-print your book in a copyshop then you need your own imposition. > If not, your commercial printer will do it for you, as it is not easy > and depends on his specific machines.
> Have you thought about podofo tools? I think that Quantum Elephants Bookbinder is easier for the average user. http://quantumelephant.co.uk/bookbinder/bookbinder.html I just made a test run. I created a 36 page document in Scribus, pages 5.5"x8.5" with .5" margins. Created a master page with a frame aligned with the margins, entered a 120pt centered page number. The frame was set with a 1 pt black border (so I can see whether pages are scaled or not and that the position on the sheet is correct). Then I exported to PDF. I opened the PDF in Bookbinder, entered a custom page size (in points). Note that bookbinder reports the input file page size in the upper left box so I just duplicated those numbers as page size. I am not sure if you need to set the page size, it might work top let it use the "Full page" option. Finally I had to enter a custom signatures setup, Bookbinder expects the numbers of sheets in each signature, so I entered "3 3 3". I wanted 3 sheets (of 4 pages) in each signature and had 36 pages. I just printed the signatures and folded them and from what I can tell they came out perfect. /Peter
