Acrobat X Crashes Reduce Size PDF

Acrobat 10.1.1
MacOS 10.6.8
When I try to reduce the PDF file size of my book, Acrobat always crashes—regardless of which compatible version I choose.
I have the crash log report, but don't see a way of including an attachment on this forum.

It seems to happen only with this file using the default settings in distiller provided by lulu.com.

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