Agreed on all counts -- good summary. Lots of options. I am building this tool for myself, if it helps others that's gravy.<br clear="all"><div><br></div><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 17:06, john Culleton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@wexfordpress.com">john@wexfordpress.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:57:36 -0400<br>
Fred Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:wfz@nimblebooks.com">wfz@nimblebooks.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Right. People who want to design without the templates certainly have<br>
> that option, or they could buy his ebook on Scribus production and<br>
> use his spine-calculating tool, or they could engage the services of<br>
> John or a thousand other excellent book cover designers. This is<br>
> just an option.<br>
><br>
> The program cues off the templates because 1) that is what Lightning<br>
> Source's formal written instructions tell users to do 2) the<br>
> templates have LSI bar codes used for LSI's internal tracking<br>
> purposes. It's recognized that this is fragile because LSI might<br>
> change their templates, but, if they change their templates, that<br>
> probably means that they are also (slightly) changing the underlying<br>
> spine, etc. calculations, so either way the program logic would have<br>
> to be adapted.<br>
<br>
<br>
A fair number of experienced people have been bypassing the LSI<br>
template for some time now. They may also be using other printers who<br>
don't even offer templates. LSI may be happier if you use their template<br>
but they don't require it or charge you less if you do. When you<br>
multiple source the book using e.g., Createspace and/or 360 Digital<br>
Books etc. the LSI template can't be used with those other printers in<br>
any case.<br>
<br>
Another factoid in this whole discussion: If you don't use Scribus<br>
1.5.0 as the last step (my technique) and also don't want to spend a few<br>
hundred on Adobe Distiller then you can actually submit your cover as a<br>
Tiff file. That way you can sidestep the PDF X/10a:2001 recommendation<br>
which is almost a requirement for B/W interior book covers and is an<br>
absolute requirement for books with color pages in them. I have read<br>
posts on other groups from publishers who use Tiff for B/W interior<br>
book covers on LSI and get results that satisfy them. Scribus can of<br>
course produce Tiff as output.<br>
<br>
For books with B/W interiors printed via LSI you have these choices:<br>
1. Use their template and make sure the final product meets PDF<br>
X/1-a:2001.<br>
2. Ignore their template and produce a cover sized file meeting PDF<br>
X/1-a:2001 (my technique)<br>
3. Create a Tiff file.<br>
<br>
All these methods work.<br>
<br>
BTW my template program consists of a web page and a perl program. If<br>
anyone wants to borrow from either that's OK by me. You can simply view<br>
source on the web page and thus obtain the html code (very simple as it<br>
happens) and if you want the perl program just ask me and I will<br>
furnish it. My web host supports Perl so that is why I chose that<br>
language.<br>
--<br>
John Culleton<br>
Wexford Press<br>
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"<br>
<a href="http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html" target="_blank">http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html</a><br>
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