I have the same problem! Please answer this Blurb support!
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FollowMultiple cover formats when using indesign plug-in
I've just made a book in inDesign using the downloaded plug-in to make the template. I uploaded it with the imagewrap cover option. However, I'd like it to show up in the bookstore with the 3 different cover formats. It seems to only let me upload the same book with a different cover format. That would mean I'd end up with three books (with the same insides) in the bookstore, each with a different cover format. Not ideal.
I could export from indesign to jpg and then import each page to Booksmart, but that sounds a really long-winded way of working.
Has anyone else come across the same problem?
James
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Ulrika,
It's not possible, which seems utterly ridiculous. In the end, I had to upload two different versions of my book, available separately in bookstore. Which I think is confusing for prospective purchasers. I had an email from Blurb:
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We offer 3 different cover type: Softcover, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, and Hardcover, ImageWrap. After you have created the books, you can upload each on to the site with that cover type. |
James
Thank you James! That was an informative but disappointing answer.
Ulrika
It would help if someone from Blurb who actually knows would say so here, but I suspect that the reason may be due to fact that Blurb is now offering free ISBNs, and that each version--hard cover, soft cover, image-wrap, electronic--requires a separate number. Still, I am with you, it seems that for selling you should be able to group these under the same description and title. (Found this because I was trying to do the same thing, Ulrika.)