I have published over 20 books with Booksmart I used BookWright yesterday for the first time and really found it frustrating to use. Many options from BookSmart are not included and it took me a couple of hours to complete the first 20 pages. I just downloaded the latest Book Smart and will not use BWright again. I thought it was just me resisting change.
Glad to hear others are having the same problems. Thanks so much for this article! I'm new to Blurb, and have made two very simple books in BookWright. Now I'm trying something a little more involved.
I was shocked at how hard it is in BW to place an image on a page in its own aspect ratio. If you choose the layout first, the page may look nice but the photograph will be imported to fill the container. Apparently in BS, at least you can make the photo FIT the container rather than fill it with a single click.
That's still not the same as automatically making the container fit the photo, but it's a great deal better than what I've got to do now. If I can keep my aspect ratios and hence my own carefully cropped pictures in BS, then it will be bye-bye to BW for me! I have been using booksmart for years. I believe it just needs a bit of tweaking to be a very powerful software. For instance, allowing to choose template by number of photos.
Ability to access all your saved templates in all book templates so it will be easier to tweak by size. Applying the alignment tool when making new layouts. I was concerned when I was about make a new book and checked the website to see if there was an update to booksmart. And I was surprised that booksmart is not on their site anymore. I did find a link for an update via help site I gave bookwright a shot and even downloaded templates. I can't believe they are pushing this software.
In terms of making photobooks, it is simply in the dark ages. Its like doing everything from scratch. Change is good but not when change is taking a huge leap backwards. I am in hunt still for a better platform and am thinking whether I should sacrifice a few hours of making new layouts for a 13X11 or to give snapfish or mix books a shot.
I cannot get BookWright to accept my Blurb password, even though Blurb does. So, I am unable to upload my 46 page book which I've spent the greater part of a week putting together. I wonder if the Windows update has caused this misbehavior and Blurb needs to update Booksmart to accommodate? Your support request has been escalated to me and I'm sorry to hear of the trouble you're having with BookSmart after the most recent Windows 10 update.
I haven't heard of this behavior from other users but I've asked that our engineers look into this. In the meantime you may want to disable sleep mode on your computer to prevent this from occurring or try using our latest book creation tool BookWright, as we are no longer devoting resources towards improvements to the BookSmart software. This is all most helpful. I've made about 10 photo books using Blurb and recommended it to many friends. Till today I've used BookSmart which I find easy to use.
I've just started a new book in BookWright and got so frustrated, I googled to see if anyone else had issues. Clearly I'm not the only one! I have just completed my e-book in Blurb's Book Wright software and had a big shock coming to me. It took me ages to get the formatting right, taking the book 3 months to put together. The download worked fine but what the e-book conversion did was destroy my months of careful formatting, replacing my 1.
The print version is fine, but formatting for e-book is crap because there are no choices even though you are led to believe that what you see is what you get. My whole experience has been a nightmare with this software. I don't think I will be using it again. I would rather reformat for free flow in MS Word than ever use Blurb for fixed layout again.
Too much time wasted with them. My advice - don't use this company. It isn't as good as it once was and my experience has cost me money and time.
It was a disaster. See more galleries ». Latest in-depth reviews. Read more reviews ». Latest buying guides. Best drones in Best video cameras for photographers in Best cameras for Instagram in Best cameras for vlogging in Check out more buying guides ».
Nikon Z9 initial review. Sony a7 IV initial review. Nikon Nikkor Z mm F2. Sigma mm F Discover more challenges ». Fujifilm X-T4 3. Popular interchangable lens cameras ».
Popular compact cameras ». Shedding some light on the sources of noise. Most bookmarked in this forum. Mobile site. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without specific written permission is prohibited. Threaded view. What Our Customers Say "It truly was something you see in a bookstore. It was as professionally done as that.
Thank you for signing up! Hmmm, something went wrong. Please try again. Design with BookWright. Create professional-quality books and enjoy creative control start to finish with our free design software.
List your photo book in a few clicks and sell to a global audience via the Blurb Bookstore or Amazon. DPI is set to not the more common 72 which is fine for screen display, inadequate for printing , as this is the density at which Blurb prints.
Hence the large file sizes. Thirty minutes later and there are 50 pictures in my book folder on the iMac I cannot advise on PC use as I refuse to have a Microsoft paperweight in our home , with sizes ranging from mB; some are from film, some from RAW files, so the file sizes are all over the place. Pictures marked with a green check mark in the inventory tray at left are those which have been dragged and dropped into the book itself.
Rearranging the pictures is a drag-and-drop affair and you can print one or two sided. Narrative is easily added, but I keep it to a minimum.
After all, this is a picture book, not a novel.
0コメント