Creating a multipage PDF that prints 2 booklets side by side?

Hi I am a designer with NO pre-press experience and I need some help!
I am trying to print a booklet that is set at 8.5 x 7 as a 2 up document on 8.5 x14 paper. My problem is that I don't want the booklets to print consecutive pages (right now they would print 1,2 3,4 5,6 etc.) I want them to print side by side so that when the sheets are cut we would have 2 completed and collated books.
I know that I could just duplicate each page and print that, but I am wondering if there is a quicker way to make this happen? We have over 100 different multipage PDFs to print so I'm looking for a lean way to get this done.
Is this possible? Do I need to purchase pagination software?

When I need to do this I generally make a file set up as a single page (8.5 x 7, in this case) for easy design, then create a second, non-facing doc at two-up size (8.5 x 14) and place the pages from the first file int the second tow times so I have two copies per page. I use the Multi-page importer script for this: InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Zanelli Releases MultiPageImporter for Importing both PDF and INDD Files

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.awt.*;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
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import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
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import javax.swing.JFrame;
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import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JToolBar;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
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import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Printable;
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import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
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