Agreed on all counts -- good summary. Lots of options. I am building this tool for myself, if it helps others that's gravy.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 17:06, john Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:57:36 -0400 > Fred Zimmerman <wfz at nimblebooks.com> wrote: > > > Right. People who want to design without the templates certainly have > > that option, or they could buy his ebook on Scribus production and > > use his spine-calculating tool, or they could engage the services of > > John or a thousand other excellent book cover designers. This is > > just an option. > > > > The program cues off the templates because 1) that is what Lightning > > Source's formal written instructions tell users to do 2) the > > templates have LSI bar codes used for LSI's internal tracking > > purposes. It's recognized that this is fragile because LSI might > > change their templates, but, if they change their templates, that > > probably means that they are also (slightly) changing the underlying > > spine, etc. calculations, so either way the program logic would have > > to be adapted. > > > A fair number of experienced people have been bypassing the LSI > template for some time now. They may also be using other printers who > don't even offer templates. LSI may be happier if you use their template > but they don't require it or charge you less if you do. When you > multiple source the book using e.g., Createspace and/or 360 Digital > Books etc. the LSI template can't be used with those other printers in > any case. > > Another factoid in this whole discussion: If you don't use Scribus > 1.5.0 as the last step (my technique) and also don't want to spend a few > hundred on Adobe Distiller then you can actually submit your cover as a > Tiff file. That way you can sidestep the PDF X/10a:2001 recommendation > which is almost a requirement for B/W interior book covers and is an > absolute requirement for books with color pages in them. I have read > posts on other groups from publishers who use Tiff for B/W interior > book covers on LSI and get results that satisfy them. Scribus can of > course produce Tiff as output. > > For books with B/W interiors printed via LSI you have these choices: > 1. Use their template and make sure the final product meets PDF > X/1-a:2001. > 2. Ignore their template and produce a cover sized file meeting PDF > X/1-a:2001 (my technique) > 3. Create a Tiff file. > > All these methods work. > > BTW my template program consists of a web page and a perl program. If > anyone wants to borrow from either that's OK by me. You can simply view > source on the web page and thus obtain the html code (very simple as it > happens) and if you want the perl program just ask me and I will > furnish it. My web host supports Perl so that is why I chose that > language. > -- > John Culleton > Wexford Press > "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110830/46ef68d9/attachment.html>
