Do you have to buy a copy of a book before it is avaiable in the store?
Being that I am currently broke I can’t really afford to buy books that I create without first selling a few. I uploaded one so far and it seemed that I couldn’t get anything done until I ordered it, I’m glad I got it and would eventually buy anything I created but I have at least 3 more in the works and I can’t get them all out there if I have to buy each one upon listing. Does anyone have any ideas on this? - Kevin
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Hi Kevin; The answer to your question is YES… A book cannot be added to the public bookstore until there has been an initial purchase… Whilst I understand your frustration you must also understand that Blurb can’t run the risk of having their resources overloaded with non-profitable books chewing up their server space… You get the software for free, and a bookstore for free – the least you can do is buy just one copy – if only for your own archives! Lee
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good point…its just going to delay me doing books by months to do it that way. - Kevin
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Hi Kevin, Please stay tuned for relevant news on this front. We might be announcing something very shortly that could help you out a bit. Sorry to tease, but I wanted to offer you some hope! Cheers,
Jeremy
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Tease, tease, tease, there was something about being able to upload PDF files so we could design on our own software any word on that? - Kevin
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Hi Kevin, Direct pdf support is not coming soon, unfortunately. What does work, however, is taking your 300dpi PDF, rasterizing it in Photoshop at 300dpi (with anti-aliasing checked) in RGB color, and saving as a PNG file. While this step is obviously not as easy as simply sending a pdf, I can tell you it results in clean text and overall print quality equivalent to printing from pdfs. As for the previous tease regarding Blurb’s bookstore policies, you really should see a key improvement coming before you know it. Cheers,
Jeremy
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Thanks for that update.
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