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Color management
CMYK or sRGB color space
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Works with Adobe® InDesign®
Blank templates with trim size, margins and bleeds
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Full creative control
Typographic and layout precision for creative pros
PDF to Book gives professional users full creative reign over the bookmaking process. We offer a plug-in for Adobe® InDesign® that generates blank templates tailored for use with all of our book sizes, papers, and cover types, allowing you to easily make a PDF book. Or use our detailed specifications to create PDFs using your favorite layout tool. Once your page and cover PDFs are ready, simply upload and order your book. And very soon you'll be able to turn books made with our PDF to Book workflow into beautiful ebooks for the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®.
Features Overview
Absolute Creative Command
- Max out your design: You have complete control over layout and typography
- Create your book in Adobe® InDesign®. Use our plug-in to create customized templates, pre-sized to match your book’s trim size, paper, and cover type
- Not using InDesign? Use our specifications calculator to find the correct measurements for the page layout tool of your choice
- Once your design is complete, simply export to the PDF/X-3 standard, upload, and print
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 RGB
- 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 seven book sizes
- Upgrade to Blurb's ProLine printing and binding options
- Design for up to 440 pages using our standard paper, or up to 240 pages using Premium or ProLine papers

Testimonials
Gary Charlton
Blurb’s easy-to-use color management tool means professional photography is recreated to a high standard with very little effort.
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Haymarket, Campaign magazine
IDEO Books
Blurb provided an exceptionally fast way to publish and distribute our HCD Toolkit, enabling us to make an impact in days instead of weeks.
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Blurb’s easy-to-use color management tool means professional photography is recreated to a high standard with very little effort.