EMP360 Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Greetings! Maybe someone else has had luck with this and can clue me in on a solution: I absolutely love the ability of Storyist to be able to export a PDF in a trade paperback friendly 6x9 format for publication through Blurb. However, I don't use Blurb because I prefer to use Amazon's KDP paperback option. However, when I attempt to upload the PDF to Amazon, it always spends about 15 minutes "processing" the file before it finally just says there was an error with the file. At which point I end up having to copy and paste my book into word, re-formatting everything, and creating a PDF from word. Is there something I'm missing or that i need to tweak in order to get the Blurb PDF file compatible with KDP paperback guidelines? On paper, it's theoretically the right size and bleed and everything, so you'd think it would work. But I've tried it on three books and none have worked. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 14, 2017 Report Share Posted November 14, 2017 Hi EMP360, Welcome to the forums. What error messages are you seeing? If you use the Blurb template, Storyist will make sure the PDF has the correct number of pages for the Blurb presses by adding blank pages if necessary. Could KDP be complaining that the PDF has the wrong number of pages for their signatures? If so, you could use Preview to add or remove blank pages to match the KDP specs. You could also use the general template instead. See the tutorial titled Customizing Your Book Design for information (and sample files) about adding your own design elements. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP360 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Steve, Thanks for the reply. I already had the thought about adding or removing blank pages to match spec and that didn't work for me. And I've tried the general template as well. I'm currently trying another one (in modern format) just so I can tell you the exact messages. First, I get: "Manuscript Blurb Trade Book (Modern).pdf uploaded successfullyProcessing your file..." But then after a considerable amount of time processing (much longer than if I produce a PDF in Word to the same specs) that message turns to: "Error processing interiorThere was a problem processing your interior. Please check your file and try again." I've tried it as all Classic, Modern, and PDF edition all with the same results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Hi EMP360, Thanks for the update. I'll try to reproduce your results here. It sounds like you're using the beta for the Publish Your Paperback on KDP feature, not Create Space. Is that correct? -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP360 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Correct on that. And I've had success using PDFs that I've created to spec from both Word and Pages, but not the PDFs created when exporting from Storyist using the Blurb or PDF edition files. Which stumps me, because theoretically I'm guessing the specs should be bang on unless I'm missing something. Let me know if you're able to replicate my results or notice any settings I need to tinker with, because it would be extremely convenient if I could just use Storyist for all my needs--it's so much easier and more intuitive than Word and Pages. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Will do. I does look like the paperback service is still in beta, so I'll submit a bug report if I find something. You should at least get a more descriptive error message. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP360 Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Agreed. "Please check your file and try again" is a bit unhelpful of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 It looks like the beta KDP previewer can't handle the bookmarks (digital table of contents). Pages and Word don't generate bookmarks for chapters ( ), so it isn't an issue with PDFs created by these apps. I just posted a beta of Storyist for Mac 3.5.2 gives you the option to strip bookmarks on export. It should be available shortly. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP360 Posted November 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thank you for looking into that--I was absolutely stumped as to why it kept rejecting those files! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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