You will receive another email when the order is shipped. In this course you will learn how to format your manuscript to createspaces standards. How to format a book for createspace and kdp print w ms word. Book launches and advance sales with createspace and lulu. Granted, i do all my own work from cover design to interior set up so the cost is zero. On the layout tab, in the page setup group, click margins.
I highly recommend format your print book with createspace and lulu, using microsoft word. Unlike a kindle book cover, you need a full jacketa front, spine, and backin order to publish a print book. That means your book is printed only when someone buys your book on amazon or other online outlets. Ive published eleven books and the quality of the finished books has been consistently excellent. To publish print books through, you will first need to set up a createspace account. You can also add your publishers name, state, website, and logo if you have started your own company. Im very concerned at what quality createspaces ineptitude is pushing my book to. When you insert your book content into the chapters, the page numbers will shift. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons. Use createspace to selfpublish your book the happy self. Allowing createspace to make an ebook out of your print version is asking for trouble, and heres why.
Kdp prints your book on demand and subtracts your printing costs from your royalties. Im researching which way to go with selfpublishing and am veering toward createspace. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons improved publishing services. Heres an article from allis selfpublishing advice blog on using createspace and ingram spark together. If you have a link to your createspace estore and a customer clicks on it, the customer will be redirected to the corresponding page at. If i get a free isbn through amazons createspace now. Prepublishing editing make sure your book has been professionally edited. How to publish your book in paperback with createspace printondemand publishing services brought to you by tom corsonknowles and tck publishing. To publish your createspace book, follow these three. Part ii covers the short list of tips and tricks that helped me get my title to createspace. So basically, you set up your print book on ingram with your isbn as below and then set up the book on createspace, but dont select extended distribution. What not to do on createspace celebrating independent. I get a lot of formatting questions, so i thought id put it all down. How to self publish a paperback book with printondemand.
If you format the manuscript, design the cover, and upload it yourself, it will be listed on the amazon website at no cost to you. If you know of a resource weve missed, please email us via the contact page in the navigation bar. Simply hold the preorder money in your account and then order all of the copies of the book you need to fulfill those orders when the time comes. Its a pretty simple process you can do one of two ways. Instead of hoping a designer can read your mind, you get to choose from a selection of designs so you to know exactly how it will look before you buy. Follow my instructions and you will be on your way to formatting your books and uploading them to createspace in no time. Now all you have to do is provide the purchase link to your book in the createspace estore and the code for the discount, and youre ready to go. You might need physical copies of your paperback title ready in time for your next book signing or promotion. I have successfully mastered the secrets of successful publishers, this i will apply in designing your. The process of setting up your book title on has been likened to hacking ones way through a jungle with a machete. How to publish your books on createspace and amazon.
Setting up a createspace account and uploading books to it can be a daunting process even if we have done it before. Format your book for createspace by roxanne smolen. Fill in your book title, subtitle if applicable, author name, contributors, series name and number if applicable and other details. A stepbystep guide to book publishing with createspace. Publishing services for self publishing authors and businesses. We create distributionready pdf file for your books interior that can be uploaded directly to kdp print and ingramspark with kdp print formerly createspace, you get fast distribution to amazon. Get your book into print professional formatting course udemy. Build your book format a paperback manuscript word for. And click on the 2 nd option with the numbers in the center. Get your title id ready and explain to them you want the title retired. Design and format your book interior for createspace, kindle by. The easiest for indie authors to use is kdp print, amazons longstanding printondemand arm it used to be called createspace, but amazon. Createspace looks great for books with text but does anyone have recent experience with them for producing photobooks.
I am publishing a book on createspace and found that it can be quite tricky to publish a book with no prior knowledge about how it work or how to format a book properly so that it will convert without problems. A list of book scanning services is a the end of the formatters list. How to format a picture book for createspace youtube. This resizes your pages and changes your page count, which you need to know for setting your margins. Haven worked for many authors, publishing companies.
Fay has written several childrens picture books that are available on amazon. When you format an ebook directly from the word processing document you used to prepare your final manuscript, you have a good measure of control. All security should be removed from a file before you submit the file to createspace. Design and format your book interior for createspace. But maybe youve decided it would be nice to have someone actually read your book. The easiest for indie authors to use is kdp print, amazons longstanding printon demand arm it used to be called createspace, but amazon. This video will walk you through the process of formatting a books manuscript for createspace using microsoft word. Fiverr top rated seller will provide book design services and design and format your book interior for createspace, kindle including printready within 2 days. If you are dedicating your book to a loved one or an organization, type it here.
For half the cost charged by createspace, you can have a design all your own, with all of the details handled for you. How to set up your amazon book and author pages 1106 design. You might need to ship copies of your title to a partner who plans to promote your paperback at an event in another country. If you do add it, make sure it matches the number assigned to your book. If you want help formatting the other parts, see our stepbystep guides for preparing your manuscript in. Publish on createspace and your book will show up as instock on amazon at all times. Createspace was purchased by amazon, and because of this, they have a very userfriendly online portal to the retail giant.
Createspace is a fine pipeline into amazon, but only amazon skip their expanded distribution, see why below. Printondemand book design for kdp print createspace. Format your book for createspace by roxanne smolen writing. Or as much control as you can have over a process in. It appears that the only way to get past their computer god is to turn all of my written prose pages into full bleed images. I didnt realize that you could use both, but what i liked about. Click on their site names to visit their sites and learn more about their work and pricing. Dont just have your ebook on kindle, make sure you get a paperback copy on createspace asap.
For a detailed look at the selfediting process of an author who has sold more. Hi, i am ose, authors go guy, a graphics designer, book interior designer. One would think amazon would go out of its way to ensure selfpublished authors can easily update their book information and author profile so. Printondemand is a technology that has matured over the past decade and allows small presses and indie authors a financially viable option to publish print books. Login to get started with kindle direct publishing, manufacturing on demand, or print on demand for publishers. Createspace is a webbased service that provides selfpublishing services to authors. Did you know that when you order your books with us and upgrade to one of our premium packages, we take care of createspace formatting for. Convert your files to epub and upload your book to itunes. Taylor covers details such as starting a set of styles, fonts and typefaces, how to insert images, widows and orphans, and drop caps, all new to me until i came upon this book. I heard you use them with your books but that you are looking at ingram for libraries and bookstores.
No matter which formats you decide to publish your book in, you cant get around the fact that you need a great coverits your book s shop window. We now offer specialized options for your different publishing needs. Createspace will publish your book in either color or black and white with several options within those two parameters. Createspace specializes in enabling authors to move their unformatted manuscripts to a final format that is ready to be printed as a published book. How to promote your book on amazon group questions. Generating a discount coupon on createspace celebrating. How to delete a published book in createspace quora.
In the apply to list, select whole document and click ok. Createspace does not offer hardcover printing and color printing is expensive. How to upload books on createspace for print based self. Formatting your manuscript for createspace katrina on. It is very easy to create a pdf of your word file its matter of saving your word file as a pdf. Copy and paste your books content into the template by section, such as the front matter title page, acknowledgements page, etc. The blank templates have the page size and margins set. Amazon createspace not including kindleselect does not restrict you from selling your book elsewhere. We provide you with a team of highly skilled createspace formatters that have the single priority to help you achieve your goal of creating a truly terrific book. Build your book is a stepbystep video guide for formatting a paperback. Createspace is a printondemand service, which means that when a buyer orders your book, createspace will print it up and send it out. By contrast, and amazons createspace charge nothing up front to publish your book but this means that the burden of making it look good rests. This is part ii of a twopart series on my experiences printing my short story collection one bad twelve. How to format your book for createspace using microsoft word.
Kindle and kdp book covers made easy cover design studio. Your book is a childrens picture book because you will probably want higher quality offset printing in color and the cost of pod publishing in color is very high your book is longer than 500 pages because the cost of printing so many pages with printondemand is high. Publishing a paperback can help you reach new readers. Enter your books trim size into the width and height fields. My sister would like to selfpublish a printondemand book of about 100 of her photos. I took a lot of screenshots and took a lot of notes. Page layout breaks next page dedication page this is optional. We are masters at what we do and make it our top priority to.
You will learn additional formatting tips that will make your finished book. You can order proofs and author wholesale copies of your. Below is a list of book formatters who do freelance work. The choices available for the size of the book as well as the. Since you receive the lowest possible price for your book from createspace or lulu, you can make a fairly good return on these presale copies. Heres how to format your book for createspace in under 5 mins. The reasons for ordering quantities of your own title from createspace are numerous, for example. If i get a free isbn through amazons createspace now, will that impact any decisions about getting my own isbn later. Uploading your print book to createspace katrina on writing. How to publish your books on createspace and amazon sesan oguntade on. Createspace estore is closing effective october 31, 2017. So below im going to outline the experience of publishing a book with createspace, which is pretty painlessif you can write the book first.
Authors should always buy their own isbn numbers from. Using createspaces formatted templates the formatted interior templates provide a basic layout for your books interior. When selfpublishing a book through createspace, is it. To help authors new to the process, i went through the entire createspace account creation process and set up a new book. The plus side of printondemand is the lack of upfront costs. It is also where you will check your sales and run royalty reports. Call createspace through the contact support feature on the left in your dashboard. Ksenia anskeblogdistributing your selfpublished books. How to format your book for createspace in under 5 mins. Createspace doesnt help much so youll need to use a competitor like lulu. The stepbystep guide to formatting your print book for kdp.
You will receive an email from createspace confirming your order. Are you an author and you desire a step by step picture guide that will teach you how to publish your books on amazon and createspace. Once established, the createspace dashboard will be your portal for uploading your books to go into print and editing existing books. How to format your book for createspace updated 121016 i get a lot of formatting questions, so i thought id put it all down in one place. That means you dont have to pay any costs upfront or carry any inventory.
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