Garry Gannell Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 Hi, I am trying to use Publisher to make a book for printing (through Blurb). To do this, I need to follow their page size specifications and export to a PDF to send to them. They suggest making the cover last. I need to follow their page size specifications and export to a PDF to send to them. I have almost done the internals (approx 100 pages) in publisher, now trying to add the cover. Blurb's website suggests that the pages of the book need to be 24.447 cm x 20.955 cm. I have done this. The cover will need to be a different size, as it is a "wrap around". Their specs are 52.59cm x 22.8cm. I have set up a second master page with these specs, but now have hit a problem. The first page in Publisher is a right page when I try to add the cover, it gives me a another right page (as a new page 1) and a left page (a new page 2), making my "real page 1 a page 3. What I need to do is have a page 1 and 2 as the wrap around cover, then a blank page 3, then the real page 1. To add to the complexity, I need the "real page 1" to be shown as such with the automatic page numbering I am using, not showing as page 3. Any advice would be very welcome. Oh, and happy christmas to all - I am not really expecting an answer for the next few days, but thought I would ask! Garry Quote
firstdefence Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 I think this video will address starting page numbers where you want: Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Garry Gannell Posted December 24, 2019 Author Posted December 24, 2019 Thanks for this. It will be a great help if I can sort out the main issue, of creating a wrap around cover that can be part of the pdf required to print with Blurb. Cheers, Garry Quote
GarryP Posted December 24, 2019 Posted December 24, 2019 Garry, I think you might have to put the cover in a separate document and stitch the two together – plenty of resources on the web –before you send the whole thing off. I’ve never tried this myself so I have no idea how well it works. Whether Blurb will accept the result is another question too. Hopefully someone else will come up with a better solution (you’re not the only one asking about Blurb in the forum). Quote
Awtd Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Hi Garry, I'm hitting the same problem with Blurb (for the book). I'm not at the cover page yet. When you say "Blurb's website suggests that the pages of the book need to be 24.447 cm x 20.955 cm. I have done this.", can you tell me the original document setup you used ? I have tried many different document setups and I always get Blurb message that my PDF has the wrong dimensions. Thanks in advance Alain Quote
v_kyr Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Maybe it helps to see how they treat that for Indesign here. Aka ... Quote ... 7. Upload your Blurb PDF/X-3 files to blurb.com. * Go to our Upload PDFs page and click the blue Continue button.* Enter the appropriate details about your book size and cover. Click Continue.* Enter your book’s details and click the blue Next button.* At this stage you are ready to upload both your cover PDF and your pages PDF. You must first upload your cover PDF before uploading your pages PDF. This process can take up to a few hours to complete depending on your Internet connection. You must keep your browser window open during upload. When preflight is complete, we’ll send you an email.NOTE:Your cover PDF and pages PDF must both be uploaded to begin the preflight process. ... Creating and exporting a blurb book cover (with ID Youtube video) Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
AlanH Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 I did a Blurb trade paperback quite successfully a while ago, but using their own software. I'm now keen to do some books using Publisher, and thought I'd got the hang of their specs, but this thread has made me wary! As far as I could make out from the Blub specs (and as implied in the quote above), the cover and the body of the book are two completely distinct PDFs that are uploaded as separate files, so there should be no need to struggle to produce them from a common Publisher document, or to stitch two PDF files together before uploading. So am I missing something here? Quote
MikeW Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, AlanH said: ... So am I missing something here? No. You're correct. The cover pdf should not be included with the interior pdf. Garry Gannell 1 Quote
AlanH Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 33 minutes ago, MikeW said: No. You're correct. The cover pdf should not be included with the interior pdf. Thanks - phew! MikeW 1 Quote
Garry Gannell Posted January 4, 2020 Author Posted January 4, 2020 Hi Alain, Sorry for the delay in responding. I used Blurb's specification calculator (australian site is https://au.blurb.com/make/pdf_to_book/booksize_calculator#book-attributes). The size is dependent, it seems, on the size of your book (especially for the cover). I have noted - and appreciated - the comments of others on this thread - I haven't yet reached the stage of trying to upload yet. Garry Quote
Garry Gannell Posted January 4, 2020 Author Posted January 4, 2020 Thanks for your advice here, AlanH. I too have used their bookwright software (many times) but want to have a little more creative control, hence this project. Garry Quote
Linda Aragoni Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 I need a template for what American book publishers call a US Trade Paperback, 6 inches by 9 inches. I can't believe Publisher wouldn't have a template for it, but I don't see anything I recognize as the correct size. I wrote the first edition of my book The Writing Teacher's ABCs at leanpub.com, where 6x9 is one of the standard sizes. Sorry I don't know what the metric equivalent of 6x9 is. (I have measuring sticks in inches, points, picas and agate, nothing metric.) Quote
GarryP Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 You can create your own document with the dimensions you want and then save it as a Template which you can use later. Quote
thomaso Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 > save it as a Template ... or just as a new, custom "My Preset" which doesn't stick to a specific .afpub on your disk and which you even can edit when using it before creating the new document. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
wonderings Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Linda Aragoni said: I need a template for what American book publishers call a US Trade Paperback, 6 inches by 9 inches. I can't believe Publisher wouldn't have a template for it, but I don't see anything I recognize as the correct size. I wrote the first edition of my book The Writing Teacher's ABCs at leanpub.com, where 6x9 is one of the standard sizes. Sorry I don't know what the metric equivalent of 6x9 is. (I have measuring sticks in inches, points, picas and agate, nothing metric.) Not sure what kind of template you need. Make a page size 6 x 9 and you are done. Add pages as you need them. I would recommend working in spreads as you will see how it will look when the book is open. The only thing you would need a template for is the cover if it is a perfect bound book. Thickness of the spine would be determined by the weight of the paper used and how many pages it is. Whoever is doing binding will be able to tell you the spine size. So if the spine is going to be .125" then it is some simple math. 6" + 6" + .125" x 9 = 12.125" x 9" Quote
thomaso Posted June 11, 2020 Posted June 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Linda Aragoni said: I can't believe Publisher wouldn't have a template for it, but I don't see anything I recognize as the correct size. Actually you can use any of the existing "New..." presets and adjust its dimensions according to your needs. At that moment you also might want to set its other layout- and print-relevant options: color, margin and bleed. It doesn't matter what preset you choose as a start for your customized preset, either print or photo, web or architecture. They all offer the same variety of adjustable options. Some are saved with unit inch, some in mm and others with pixels. As soon you switch the unit via the pull-down menu the software automatically converts the currently entered values. Linda Aragoni 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
Linda Aragoni Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 Thanks, tomaso, for pointing me in the right direction. I thought there had to be a way to change the dimensions but I couldn't locate it. Reading the Publisher screens (white on black is awfully hard to read) and I unless I greatly increase the view size, I have no idea what the icons are supposed to represent. Quote
thomaso Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 Linda, the interface supports you with little text info pop-ups when you hover with your mouse over an icon. You can set them to appear immediately, without the default delay of a few seconds. It's in the same section of the app prefs where you toogle the dark/light interface. R C-R 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
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