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darth_schmoo
Posts: 4
Registered: ‎03-05-2012

I can't have an .epub and a .pdf attached to the same project?

I finally got a PDF version of my book ready, and I'm trying to make it available for sale on Lulu.

There doesn't seem to be a way to add the .pdf to be available as part of the existing (epub) project.  The only option that seems to be available on the interface (and the only one I've seen mentioned on this board) is to create a separate project.

That's an awful option.  In order to link to "the book," I have to choose between one or the other.  Further, when you go to one page or the other, the page says, "Formats for this ebook," then lists details for that format.  There isn't a hint that it's available in other formats, and in fact it implies the opposite.

All this makes me suspect that there is a way to put the formats side-by-side, and I'm just not seeing it.  Any help would be appreciated.

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kevinlomas
Posts: 12,598
Registered: ‎02-11-2010

Re: I can't have an .epub and a .pdf attached to the same project?

I finally got a PDF version of my book ready, and I'm trying to make it available for sale on Lulu.

Just select General. They cannot have an ISBN though.

There doesn't seem to be a way to add the .pdf to be available as part of the existing (epub) project.  The only option that seems to be available on the interface (and the only one I've seen mentioned on this board) is to create a separate project.

Well yes, that is because they are not at all the same thing so they are seperate Projects.

That's an awful option.  In order to link to "the book," I have to choose between one or the other.

Link? No you cannot do that at all if you mean on your Spotlight, you have never been able to do so, but now you cannot even put them in order.

  Further, when you go to one page or the other, the page says, "Formats for this ebook," then lists details for that format.  There isn't a hint that it's available in other formats, and in fact it implies the opposite.

True, but it would be a good idea if it did.

All this makes me suspect that there is a way to put the formats side-by-side, and I'm just not seeing it.  Any help would be appreciated.

No there is not. The way around it is to create your own site as many do, as per I have. (See below)

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