[scribus] resize entire book

[Adrienne Carmack]

I have a book that was completely laid out for e-publication with multiple
photos and text autoflowing from one page to the next, and I didn't pay
much attention to the actual page size when I set it up.

Now I want to publish it as a paperback via Amazon's CreateSpace but the
size it is currently is not a size that can be done through most
distribution centers. It says in Scribus that it's 8.5 x 11, though
CreateSpace is saying it's something slightly different like 8.4 x 11.62 or
something similar. My ideal would be 6x9, but I'm happy with anything I can
get it published as without having to reformat the entire thing.

Is there a way to just resize the entire document that will automatically
fit the existing content onto the new pages?

Praying that there is...

:)
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[Gregory Pittman]

Post by Adrienne Carmack
I have a book that was completely laid out for e-publication with multiple
photos and text autoflowing from one page to the next, and I didn't pay
much attention to the actual page size when I set it up.
Now I want to publish it as a paperback via Amazon's CreateSpace but the
size it is currently is not a size that can be done through most
distribution centers. It says in Scribus that it's 8.5 x 11, though
CreateSpace is saying it's something slightly different like 8.4 x 11.62 or
something similar. My ideal would be 6x9, but I'm happy with anything I can
get it published as without having to reformat the entire thing.
Is there a way to just resize the entire document that will automatically
fit the existing content onto the new pages?

The short answer is no, but it's a qualified no.

It's certainly easy enough to resize document pages with File > Document
Setup > Document, but this will only resize the pages, not content. If
you select all the objects on a page, group, then adjust size and
position, it might work after a fashion.

There are methods with which you might convert to a PostScript file,
resize, then back to PDF, but these are a bit advanced and don't involve
Scribus. Even so, you would have to consider whether simply shrinking
all content is desirable.

You could also import PDF pages to Scribus, one by one, and resize them
to whatever you desire, but you may lose some quality in your fonts and
images. It might be worth a try to see if it's acceptable.

In what we might call the "advanced advanced" category, it would
probably be possible to resize document pages, then run a script that
you would have to create yourself to resize and reposition the content.
I can't recall anyone ever having devised one and posting it on the
wiki. It might involve automating the process of selecting all >
grouping > resizing the group.

Greg

[Ralf-Diether Ebel]

Hello Adrian,
I have had the same problem to resize a calendar with a careful
layout, and this in short time.
My solution was really to resize the final pdf. The tool which did it
for me was jpdftweak. http://jpdftweak.sourceforge.net/
Under pagesize you can scale the pdf.
I think its worth a try.
/Ralf

Post by Gregory Pittman

Post by Adrienne Carmack
I have a book that was completely laid out for e-publication with multiple
photos and text autoflowing from one page to the next, and I didn't pay
much attention to the actual page size when I set it up.
Now I want to publish it as a paperback via Amazon's CreateSpace but the
size it is currently is not a size that can be done through most
distribution centers. It says in Scribus that it's 8.5 x 11, though
CreateSpace is saying it's something slightly different like 8.4 x 11.62 or
something similar. My ideal would be 6x9, but I'm happy with anything I can
get it published as without having to reformat the entire thing.
Is there a way to just resize the entire document that will automatically
fit the existing content onto the new pages?

The short answer is no, but it's a qualified no.
It's certainly easy enough to resize document pages with File > Document
Setup > Document, but this will only resize the pages, not content. If
you select all the objects on a page, group, then adjust size and
position, it might work after a fashion.
There are methods with which you might convert to a PostScript file,
resize, then back to PDF, but these are a bit advanced and don't involve
Scribus. Even so, you would have to consider whether simply shrinking
all content is desirable.
You could also import PDF pages to Scribus, one by one, and resize them
to whatever you desire, but you may lose some quality in your fonts and
images. It might be worth a try to see if it's acceptable.
In what we might call the "advanced advanced" category, it would
probably be possible to resize document pages, then run a script that
you would have to create yourself to resize and reposition the content.
I can't recall anyone ever having devised one and posting it on the
wiki. It might involve automating the process of selecting all >
grouping > resizing the group.
Greg
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[Adrienne Carmack]

I formatted an entire ebook with multiple photos and autoflowed text. Now I
want to publish it in paperback via CreateSpace but it's a little off from
8.5 x 11 and when they resize it, it's not formatting correctly.

Is there a way I can just resize each page so that it'll be 6x9 or another
standard print size?

Thanks for any tips.
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[ale rimoldi]

hi adrienne,

Post by Adrienne Carmack
I formatted an entire ebook with multiple photos and autoflowed text.
Now I want to publish it in paperback via CreateSpace but it's a
little off from 8.5 x 11 and when they resize it, it's not formatting
correctly.
Is there a way I can just resize each page so that it'll be 6x9 or
another standard print size?

resizing the page is trivial (or it may be trivial).

the problem is: what should happen with the content? should it be
resized, too?
should it just be moved?
this part may be harder...

ciao
a.l.e

[Gregory Pittman]

Post by Adrienne Carmack
I formatted an entire ebook with multiple photos and autoflowed text. Now I
want to publish it in paperback via CreateSpace but it's a little off from
8.5 x 11 and when they resize it, it's not formatting correctly.
Is there a way I can just resize each page so that it'll be 6x9 or another
standard print size?

If you look back in the mail list archives where you originally asked
this, you will find several answers.

Greg