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Post by potet on Nov 16, 2023 23:04:01 GMT
A friend had sent me a 70-page excerp from a new novel. As I don't like to read that sort of text on a screen, I had it printed by Lulu this afternoon.
This was an opportunity to discover the new cover programs. There are three of them.
With the first, you upload your own cover pasted on the Lulu pattern you have downloaded.
With the second, you opt for a Lulu model, and the rest is plain sailing.
The third program is harder to use. I wasn't able to create a cover with it because nothing displayed. I probably failed to understand its principles.
As I didn't want to spend too much time on the cover of this booklet, I made it with the second wizard and the book was finished within a couple of minutes.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Nov 17, 2023 1:12:54 GMT
Oh no, not more changes!
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sirram
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Post by sirram on Nov 17, 2023 15:51:04 GMT
When Lulu made its disastrous migration to its new software platform a couple of years ago, they retired their old (brilliant) cover-design wizard in favour of a completely useless (and unusable) replacement. Having already published around 18 books on Lulu, I thought it would be impossible for me to use them again.
But recently, the new cover-design facilities appeared. I haven't tried all four of the available methods, but did try two. This was for my recent huge paperback (nearly 600 pages - with brilliant print quality from Lulu BTW). The two methods I liked were:
1) upload the outer cover as three separated JPGs (front cover, spine and rear cover). This was the easier of the two methods but I found the positioning of the three JPGs difficult. I never did resolve why.
2) upload the outer cover as a single wraparound PDF. This approach isn't for the faint-hearted but, luckily, I have a retired colleague who is a gifted graphics designer. He designed the wraparound PDF, and it worked a treat.
In a nutshell, I am back with Lulu again.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Nov 17, 2023 16:54:49 GMT
When Lulu made its disastrous migration to its new software platform a couple of years ago, they retired their old (brilliant) cover-design wizard in favour of a completely useless (and unusable) replacement. Having already published around 18 books on Lulu, I thought it would be impossible for me to use them again. But recently, the new cover-design facilities appeared. I haven't tried all four of the available methods, but did try two. This was for my recent huge paperback (nearly 600 pages - with brilliant print quality from Lulu BTW). The two methods I liked were: 1) upload the outer cover as three separated JPGs (front cover, spine and rear cover). This was the easier of the two methods but I found the positioning of the three JPGs difficult. I never did resolve why. 2) upload the outer cover as a single wraparound PDF. This approach isn't for the faint-hearted but, luckily, I have a retired colleague who is a gifted graphics designer. He designed the wraparound PDF, and it worked a treat. In a nutshell, I am back with Lulu again. 1) sounds pretty much like the 'new' one from years ago. The one I used. It was easy. Create a front and back cover jpg the same size as the pages, upload them. Drag them over the relevant cover sections (after removing any Wizard placed text). Make the spine match plus title and author on it. Done!
2) ditto. The one I never used!
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