Drifty77 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I exported my book from Affinity Publisher to PDF and it looks fine. After import in KDP the odd pages are missing in every spread. I tried several exports (PDF/X-1a:2003 last) but it did not matter. any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Are you exporting as 2-page spreads (that is, Facing Pages) or as 1-page spreads. If you're exporting your PDF as 2-page spreads, I would suggest you try exporting as individual pages, instead. For the Area option in the Export dialog, choose All Pages instead of All Spreads. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Are you set up in Publisher to use double page spreads which are starting on the left or on the right (the default)? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty77 Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 I originally publised the paperback to kdp using indesign and it looked fine in kindle preview and the paperback, proof i ordered. I have previously published to kdp using indesign as well as scrivener. I created a new file in Affinity then imported the manuscript from word. After making changes and formatting the document looks good in affinity. After export the pdf (for paperback) also looks good. After import to kdp the odd pages are missing when i preview the book. I read through all the tutorials for affinity and kdp then tried different exports. In each case the odd pages were missing after import to kdp. The affinity setting is spreads and it starts on an odd page. I'm at a loss on what I'm doing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, Drifty77 said: The affinity setting is spreads and it starts on an odd page. As I suggested, try setting the Export option Area to All Pages not All Spreads. KDP probably wants single pages, as most printers do. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty77 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 That worked. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 You're welcome. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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