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jmiles

Simplify the whole upload/cover creation flow enormously

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by jmiles on ‎04-13-2012 03:10 AM

All I wanted to do is send an existing .PDF and have you print perfect-bound copies in color.  Instead, I'm told I have to send only the interior of the book, sans covers.  I'm then dumped into this byzantine cover creation process, where I apparently have a choice of not one, not two, but three complicated "wizards" that are supposed to guide me through the design of my cover. 

Of course, I've already done that -- my desired front cover was simply the first page of my original .PDF.  But there is apparently no way to do the easy/obvious thing.   Why can't I just send you a .PDF where the first page is the front cover?

Status: Filed

If it were that simple, we would have done it years ago! :smileywink:

There are different processes for creating the cover of your book and the interior pages. Therefore the specifications must be submitted separately to the printer.

Congratulations on the creation of your new work!

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by Community Moderator Community Moderator ‎04-13-2012 10:44 AM - edited ‎04-13-2012 10:47 AM
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Status changed to: Filed

If it were that simple, we would have done it years ago! :smileywink:

There are different processes for creating the cover of your book and the interior pages. Therefore the specifications must be submitted separately to the printer.

Congratulations on the creation of your new work!

by on ‎04-13-2012 09:31 PM
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The Cover is also used as a marketing image for whatever type of Project you create. It goes on your Spotlight for example, so even if you do have a cover as the first page of a PDF, you would still need to reproduce it in the Cover Wizard.

The simple way of course is to hand Lulu a wad of cash and they will do it al for you ...

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