Your Book Your Way.
PDF to Book gives you full creative reign over the bookmaking process. Make your bookstore-quality book in any of our book sizes, papers and cover types. We offer Adobe® InDesign® templates or detailed specifications for all our book sizes and cover types to use your favorite layout tool. Once your PDFs are ready, simply upload and order your book.
Get Started
Creating a new book?
Download our blank templates for Adobe® InDesign® or follow these specifications to create your book using your preferred book design software.
Already have a PDF?
Awesome! Prior to uploading please review this requirements checklist to ensure your PDFs will make it through our preflight check.
Looking for an easy book layout tool? Check out Blurb BookSmart®, our free book design software.
Features Overview
Absolute Creative Command
- Create your book in the design program of your choice
- Follow simple step-by-step guidelines in customized Adobe® InDesign® templates (optional)
- Simply export to the PDF/X-3 standard, upload and print – get your book back in 7 to 10 business days
Superior Print Quality
- Combine the speed and ease of a digital workflow with offset look and feel and true photo quality
- Maintain CMYK color space from design to print, avoiding conversion to sRGB
- Enjoy superb photo quality with excellent tone transition, deep color saturation, and crisp and clear typography
Full Advantage of the Blurb Platform
- Choose between three cover types and six book sizes
- Design for up to 440 pages using our standard paper, or up to 160 pages using Premium Paper
- Share, promote and sell your work on Blurb.com and keep 100% of the markup
Resources
PDF to Book Publishing Guides
Our publishing guides have everything you need to know to create your book as well as tips for avoiding common problems.
Book Size and Spine Calculator
Not using our Adobe® InDesign® templates? Look here for all the measurements you'll need to create your PDF to Book.
Video: Using InDesign® to Make a Blurb Book
A short three-minute introduction to using Adobe InDesign® to create compliant PDF files by using the Blurb PDF/X-3 Export Preset and the Blurb Templates.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What design programs can I use?
- If I don't use Adobe ® InDesign®, how do I know my PDFs are the right size?
- What format do I use to export my PDF?
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