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Dave22401560ljp2
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November 30, 2023
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Self-Pub: How to change landscape to portrait orientation - keeping landscape dimensions?

  • November 30, 2023
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I have uploaded an A4 landscape (11.69 x 8.27) PDF to LuLu for self-publishing but get an error - bbook size is not available.

 

LuLu feedback/hack:

Print-on-demand printers tend to print landscape pages sideways, so even if you are creating a wide format book (9 x 7 in), the uploaded source document page orientation must be set to Portrait, with page dimensions defined with the width wider than the height.

 

How do I modify InDesign file so my PDF is PORTRAIT with LANDSCAPE dimnesions? Example: Portrait 11.69 x 8.27

 

Thank you!

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    James Gifford—NitroPress
    James Gifford—NitroPress
    Legend
    November 30, 2023

    On reflection, you may have problems other than just turning the pages sideways. Most of the book services (KDP being the most stubborn) reject all submissions that use odd page layouts. (The usual one is people who want to do a back to back "Ace double" with two covers; I don't know of a single book service that will accept those.)

     

    So if you're trying to get them to print a landscape book using a portrait — conventional — template, they may reject it for nonconforming. Just a heads up.

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      Dave22401560ljp2作成者
      Participant
      December 1, 2023

      Thanks for replying James,

      I've rotated pages in PDF but their website still kicked it back. InDesign allowed me to rotate pages (keeping landscape sizes) but the PDF for upload still showed as landscape image and dimensions.

       

      LuLu recommended this hack but so far I haven't been able to figure how to create the file that way. 

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Legend
      December 1, 2023

      What's the specific error you're getting back? Again, it may be related to a refusal to do "odd" page layout than anything technically wrong with the PDF.

       

      Does Lulu have a proof previewer like KDP? (Haven't sent any books there in over a year — can't remember). If you're getting a proof preview with proper page layout, and then it gets kicked later... I'd bet on the policy and not the file details.

      James Gifford—NitroPress
      James Gifford—NitroPress
      Legend
      November 30, 2023

      Export to PDF, then in Acrobat rotate all pages 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

       

      Never overlook how much Acrobat can do in these seemingly difficult final press-ready requirements. 🙂

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