Comments on: FastPencil Self Publishing http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/10/06/fastpencil-self-publishing/ Blog Themes, Blog Design & Daily Blog Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara http://www.bloggingtips.com/2009/10/06/fastpencil-self-publishing/#comment-369094 Barbara Mon, 16 May 2011 20:51:08 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=10335#comment-369094 I have used FastPencil and it has been a real nightmare. I created a 100 page book using their photo book editor only to find that to add or move a page required such a complex routine to add pages to the end that you then moved where you wanted the new page which then overwrites the existing page, which is then placed at the end... which you then move which then overwrites... on and on. After four attempts I had to revise my content rather than endure the ridiculous, non-functionality to just add a page. So, onto spell-check. Guess what? No spell-check whatsoever. Had to do that manually by copy and paste each individual text block into another program to spell-check. Next, preview and final review PDF, the step prior to publishing. Guess What? What you see in the create book editor and the preview is NOT at all what you get in the PDF, which may, or may not match what you get when you print! Like publishing roulette. The support, after you go to the top and complain of no support is mostly apologies for things not working. My opinion is STAY AWAY from FastPencil. I have used FastPencil and it has been a real nightmare. I created a 100 page book using their photo book editor only to find that to add or move a page required such a complex routine to add pages to the end that you then moved where you wanted the new page which then overwrites the existing page, which is then placed at the end… which you then move which then overwrites… on and on.

After four attempts I had to revise my content rather than endure the ridiculous, non-functionality to just add a page.

So, onto spell-check. Guess what? No spell-check whatsoever. Had to do that manually by copy and paste each individual text block into another program to spell-check.

Next, preview and final review PDF, the step prior to publishing. Guess What? What you see in the create book editor and the preview is NOT at all what you get in the PDF, which may, or may not match what you get when you print! Like publishing roulette.

The support, after you go to the top and complain of no support is mostly apologies for things not working.

My opinion is STAY AWAY from FastPencil.

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