I'm excited and must share

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Okay, little update time, things are moving along swimingly. For me, the classic procrastinator, it's going okay. The downside with blurb is text insertion, that part is a PITA, a real PITA, it reformats and screws with your head in every whihc way. So the bulk of text is going in at the end and this will be time consuming to make sure it's not screwed up. I will also need to PDF the entire book so I can index it, this will also be a PITA. But I refuse for it not to be indexed.

In the middle of getting some images in place I decided to make a change to the interior design a bit, an improvement. I may also remove the background design and keep the pages a slight tinted color or not and keep them white. Not sure. Keep in mind the design layout is very simple and clean not too much in the way of gee-gaws. Blurb has some limitations and a lot of their "themes" just do not match my vision. So I kept it simple.

What program are you working in?

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

What program are you working in?

I'm using the blurb software called booksmart. To do their books you need to work in their software. Text text boxes on the pages work in much the same way as MS Publisher (sh!tty) which I am used to from when I put out the RV Newsletter.

Basically you pick from the page layouts they have, and they just upgraded the software, I downloaded the new version last night. I see I might be able to edit the layout of the pages, which can be cool or a headache. Not sure yet. If it is going to allow me to enlarge the photo spot on the page, or move them around, this will be a good thing. Blurb provides many options for layout of the photos, but only a few I can really use because I do want to caption most of the photos.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Yes, they do and you get the cover credit on the copyright page and in the acknowledgements.

BTW, can I send you another photo to play with for the back cover? I'm hoping you might be able to duplicate the tinting of the cover shot.

I might also send you a little photoshop project if you are up to it.

YAY on all counts. Contact me regarding your PDF woes, too...

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

YAY on all counts. Contact me regarding your PDF woes, too...

I will send you email tonight with goods for fixing.

[Snowflake]

Okay, except a slight change to the cover art, here is how it's going to be looking.

front-cover.jpg

sample-open.jpg

rear-jacket.jpg

sample-page1.jpg

acknowledge-page.jpg