Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pdfbooktool
Version: 0.1.2
Summary: Tool for formatting A6 PDFs into A4 ready for printing A6 books.
Home-page: https://github.com/morngrar/pdfbooktool
Author: Svein-Kåre Bjørnsen
Author-email: sveinkare@gmail.com
License: GPL
Description: pdfbooktool
        ===========
        
        A python 3 tool for use in creating your own books.
        
        There is currently only support for handling books in A6 format, printing on
        A4 paper.
        
        This package installs a script called 'booktool' and this is what you would
        actually use for preparing your PDFs.
        
        
        Usage
        -----
        
        Navigate to the directory of your PDF, then do:
        
        $ booktool A6-file.pdf
        
        This will output a couple of intermediary files (which will be removed once the
        script is finished running) into the working directory, and eventually a file
        called 'out.pdf'. This new file is a reordered PDF in A4 dimensions, ready for
        double-sided printing. Once printed, you can cut the sheets in half and bind
        them together.
        
        The easiest way is to fold the cut sheets and using the 'perfect binding'
        technique. There exist several videos on youtube that explains how to do this.
        
        A good open-source tool for creating suitable PDFs is 'scribus'.
        
        
        Requirements
        ------------
        
        This package requires 'PyPDF2' to work, the install process should install this
        automatically if needed.
        
        The script currently only works with PDF-files that have A6 dimensions, trying
        to run it with anything else will result in an error.
        
        
        Running under windows
        ---------------------
        
        Running this script under Windows has not been tested, but neither PyPDF2 nor
        pdfbooktool uses any features that are platform specific.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Topic :: Printing
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
