Bob PDF to Book User guide
The Bob PDF to Book solution allows you to design your Bob Books photobook using Adobe InDesign
and then upload your PDFs to order your book. To make sure you get it right the first time, please read
through the information below.
Overview
There are 5 basic steps to designing and ordering your Bob PDF to Book.
1. Download and install the Bob PDF to Book software on your computer available for windows
and OS X. Please note the latest version of Java is required.
2. Select cover type, paper type, book size and number of pages. Once you launch the
corresponding cover and content template Adobe InDesign opens up.
Please note version CS4 or higher is required.
3. Create your layout in InDesign
4. Export your cover and content PDFs using the Bob Books PDF presets that have been installed
already during the installation of the Bob PDF to Book software.
5. Upload your finished PDFs (cover + content files) and follow the checkout.
Recommendations
• To be sure that your PDF meets the production requirements, we recommend that you use the
Bob PDF to Book Software, which provides you with InDesign Templates and Bob Books PDF
presets.
• To achieve the best quality results you should work in sRGB colour mode.
• Do not use any spot colours especially no user-defined ones. More information on spot colours
you’ll find in our FAQ’s.
• The Bob Books PDF presets will convert your documents to the required PDF standard (version
1.3, RGB colour mode, text fonts embedded). Please do not make any changes to the Bob Books
PDF presets.
• All images used in your book should have a resolution equal 300-360dpi. Lower resolutions
down to 90dpi will be accepted, e.g. images from mobile phones. Images with very low
resolution may cause the files to fail pre-flight tests.
• Do not use/set any cut marks when designing your book - they might be printed and shown in
your book.
Product information
Using the Bob PDF to Book solution, you can create hardback and paperback Bob Books with our
digitally printed paper, or our lay-flat photographic paper. There are some important differences
between these two papers.
1. Digital Print (hardback and paperback)
• These books are printed using top of the range digital printers and perfect bound.
• You can choose between classic paper, gloss-coated and matte finished paper.
• Cover types are hardback and paperback.
• We recommend that you design this book in RGB or sRGB colour space only.
• Digitally printed books can contain up to max. 202 pages.
2. Photographic Paper (hardback)
• These books are printed using RGB silver halide printing on lustre, matte or gloss
photographic paper with lay-flat binding.
• We recommend that you design this book in RGB or sRGB colour space only.
• Photographic paper books can contain up to 130 pages.
For full product information visit http://www.bobbooks.co.uk