<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18pt">On 9/11/2014 1:11 PM, <a ymailto="mailto:bobparham@comcast.net" href="mailto:bobparham@comcast.net">bobparham@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container">> I have recently completed my autobiography, a book containing 300+ <br>> pages and 70+ illustrations. I did this with Scribus, converting each <br>> chapter and Cover into a .pdf file which resulting in 25+ .pdf files. <br>> I started the book over three years ago using, I believe, vs. 1-3-12 <br>> later going to 1-4-0. I have printed 72 copies of the book and had a <br>>
caregiver, with my instruction, bind all these books using "perfect <br>> binding". I have, at this point, sold 65 copies which have been well <br>> received. Financially, I have come out alright since the biggest cost <br>> item is ink and I get ink cartridges for my Canon printer at a <br>> fraction of the cost for OEM cartridges. However, at 87 years old I am <br>> tired of all the work involved and am ready to try to get a publisher <br>> to take it over. (The copyright has been registered) I have some <br>> questions regarding this process.<br>><br>> (1)I have not "collected for output" and though I have read a number <br>> of articles I am still not completely certain about the process.<br>><br>> (2)Should I combine files in order to reduce the number of files? If <br>> so, how would I go about doing this?<br>><br>> (3)I have read that some publishers require a resolution of at least <br>> 300 dpi
for photos. Not all mine do since I had to hunt for photos for <br>> illustrating wherever I could find them.<br>><br>> (4)A good many of the photos are in color. Should I convert some to <br>> grayscale in order to cut cost?<br>><br>> (5)The files are all PDF 1.3.<br>><br>> I would appreciate any assistance I can get in pursuing this goal. <br>> Since this is not all Scribus oriented I will be happy to receive tips <br>> and information directly by email if someone so desires.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>> Bob P.<br>><br>I suggest that you look at a couple of book publishing sites, such as MyPublisher.com and VioVio.com and call their 1-800 number and talk to them. In my case, I was primarily publishing photo books, but they could probably deal with yours as easily. In the case of VioVio, I provided EVERYTHING in PDF format. It consisted of about 100 pages. In the case of MyPublisher, I did use their uploading
and formatting system and the resulting 100 page 11.5X15" Landscape book was beautiful!<br><br>There are many others, such as Blurb, etc. <br><br>I am not too familiar with Windows (I do use it a bit, but hate it), so whenever possible, I use LINUX. They have a great utility called pdftk which would allow you to combine all your PDF files into a single one if that is required.<br><br>Good Luck!<br><br>Murray<br><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>