The issue of imposing a Scribus document as a booklet comes up a lot. I came across a freeware program, CocoaBooklet (http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/index2.html - click on the world map to toggle between French and English) written by Fabien Conus which runs on Mac OS X. It imposes a PDF file of single, sequential pages into the correct form for printing as a booklet, double-sided, flipped along the narrow end. I have no connection to CocoaBooklet other than being a satisfied user.
It has been very useful for previewing a booklet as I work on it. It does create a very large file (up to 10 times larger for 40-50 page booklets). The author knows about the problem and says it's due to the PDF engine he is using. It is on his list of things to do on the program. However, as a result, I have not trusted it for my final version that goes to the printer. (The output has looked fine on my laser printer at home.) I don't know enough about PDF to know whether the "simple" act of imposing pages can mess up the excellent PDF that Scribus creates. It has sure been easier to use and has produced better output than the psnup/psbook/ps2pdf script I had been using for booklet previews. -- Carol Kankelborg cckborg1 at kankelborg.net
