Issues when uploading book to Blurb from Lightroom 5

have Lightroom 5 and a Mac computer
About a month ago , I uploaded my book to Blurb from Lightroom - no issues.
Today after taking out a few photos , also removing 2 page spreads , justifying the printed pages to the right instead of the middle of the page -
The book would not upload - just hung. Contacted my ISP - internet connections have not slowed or changed.
As an experiment I tried to upload a previous book from last year that successfully uploaded - this time it also hung. - not error message - When I tried to exit Lightroom I receive a message that it is uploading to Blurb - but nothing happens . No matter how many times I try.
Also unable to create a PDF as well - also hangs - no error message.
This is the message I received from Blurb: when I contactd support
Check to see if you are able to create a PDF of the book. If yes,
If you're on a wireless connection please connect directly to your router/internet connection using a cable instead. This can often be enough to allow the upload to complete.
Ensure your firewall and/or any security programs are temporarily disabled (Some software with known issues include Zone Alarm, Norton Internet Security and Kaspersky).
Turn off services such as Carbonite or Little Snitch.
If your upload fails again, please let me know at what stage it does so.
Best regards,
Kristin
Blurb Technical Support
My response:
1. Unable to create a PDF.
2. I do not have a wireless connection / I have an internet connection with a cable
3. Do not have firewall / Zone, Alarm Norton Internet security or Kaspersky
4. Do not have Carbonite or Little Snitch.
5 The uploading path has a blank with a x at the end
This is the response I received from Blurb:
Kristin M ( Blurb Support)
Jul 25 16:16 (PDT)
Hi Sue,
Thanks for your reply.
I am looking into this and we'll get back to you soon. Thanks for your patience.
Best regards,
Kristin
Blurb Technical Support
Kristin M ( Blurb Support)
Jul 28 18:08 (PDT)
Hi Sue,
Thanks for your reply.
It sounds like your best bet is to contact Lightroom support directly from the link below. They should have more detailed information to help you with this problem. (Blurb only handles the actual printing of your file or the conversion into a Blurb ebook).
http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?product=lightroom&topic=using-my-product-or-service
(Click on the "Need more help" button at the bottom of the screen)
I'd be interested in hearing what you find out.
Best regards,
Kristin
Please advise
thank you
Sue

I had the same problen with Lightroom 5 - Prepares the files but won't Upload to Blurb. Tried numerours times. It is a Landscape size Book 132 Pages. There is a BUG in Lightroom and here is how I got it to work:
Check each slide and make sure APPLY BACKGROUND GLOBALLY, GRAPHIC or BACKGROUND COLOR and not checked,. If so Uncheck them.
Go to EDIT and SELECT ALL Slides in the Book.
Select Apply Background Globally - turn it off and on several times, then leave it off
Select GRAPHIC - turn it off and then turn it on and off several times
Select BACKGROUND COLOR - turn it on then off then on then off
I ended up with APPLY GLOBALLY unchecked for Every Page.
GRAPHIC was turned on with a Graphic set at 12% Opacity on every Page
Again check each page first for these Checkmarks or just fix exverything with SELECT ALL.
Background Color was Turned off.
NOW UPLOAD THE BOOK - It took a couple hours but it uploaded without a hitch., I turned off all Firewalls and Plugged directly into the Router. I am using an IMac 27" with 32 GB of memory and this is the only way it would work. The Mac is about 7 days old and Lightroom 5 is also 7 days old. BUGGIEST piece of software I have ever used.
Note - one of the above steps fixes the BUG - I am not sure which one but one will fix your book. It finally uploaded to BLURB today. It took a few hours though.

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