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Hello mshowerfer;

The "Invite Contributors" option will NOT do what you want…

The only way you can have more than one "viewer" is for you BOTH to download the BookSmart software, and then for you (as the author) to send a copy of the Book file to your friend. You will find the file at;

C:\Documents and Settings\[User_Name]\My Documents\BookSmartData\[Book_Name]

... and you need the ".book" file…

You can do this either by way of an e-mail (if the file is not too big) or by way of a free FTP service such as SendThisFile (click on link to go to the URL)...

You need to "Export" the ".book" file to a holding folder; send the file as above, and then have your friend retrieve the file to a holding folder, and then "Import" the ".book" file to his/her local PC…

Sounds messy; but it’s easy enough to do…

MAKE SURE that IF your friend makes any changes, you reverse the process of sending the file back to you; so you have the up-to-date changes…

Good luck;

Lee

...they should just have a way for collaborator to at least view and comment on the book before its published…

I agree – but it isn’t going to happen anytime soon, so if you want your friend to view, then you need to go through the hoops…

As I said, it’s not that bad when you think about it…

If you don’t like the FTP / e-mail idea, you can always dump the book to a flash-drive and snail-mail it… (Still going through the "Export" / "Import" routine…

The biggest factor in the current set-up is that all books-in-progress are held on a local PC – not on a central server, so there’s no easy facility to share…

Good luck;

Lee

DV,

it also applies to Macs, no files are stored on the Blurb web server whilst you are developing your book.

Second question…......same approach. In BookSmart do a File…..Export. Put the resultant file on a flash drive, networked drive or DVD. Then on your Apple laptop do a File….Import.

..........Tony