<div dir="ltr">Hi Bob,<div><br></div><div> Others may have better and more recent input; but, I used LuLu press about 8 years ago and it worked fine. At that time, the book would be listed with Amazon. The upcharge by Amazon and LuLu was high enough you only made like $1 per copy. Yes, you simply upload a single PDF. I chose B&W for mine. The also have a method for selling eprint/digital versions. I am pretty 100% sure Amazon has that method too. Look for Kindle self publish. No need to print.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe this is not the info you are seeking, but is my experience,</div><div>Best Luck!</div><div>Tim</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:11 PM, <a href="mailto:bobparham@comcast.net">bobparham@comcast.net</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bobparham@comcast.net" target="_blank">bobparham@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have recently completed my autobiography, a book containing 300+ pages and 70+ illustrations. I did this with Scribus, converting each chapter and Cover into a .pdf file which resulting in 25+ .pdf files. I started the book over three years ago using, I believe, vs. 1-3-12 later going to 1-4-0. I have printed 72 copies of the book and had a caregiver, with my instruction, bind all these books using "perfect binding". I have, at this point, sold 65 copies which have been well received. Financially, I have come out alright since the biggest cost item is ink and I get ink cartridges for my Canon printer at a fraction of the cost for OEM cartridges. However, at 87 years old I am tired of all the work involved and am ready to try to get a publisher to take it over. (The copyright has been registered) I have some questions regarding this process.<br>
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(1)I have not "collected for output" and though I have read a number of articles I am still not completely certain about the process.<br>
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(2)Should I combine files in order to reduce the number of files? If so, how would I go about doing this?<br>
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(3)I have read that some publishers require a resolution of at least 300 dpi for photos. Not all mine do since I had to hunt for photos for illustrating wherever I could find them.<br>
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(4)A good many of the photos are in color. Should I convert some to grayscale in order to cut cost?<br>
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(5)The files are all PDF 1.3.<br>
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I would appreciate any assistance I can get in pursuing this goal. Since this is not all Scribus oriented I will be happy to receive tips and information directly by email if someone so desires.<br>
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