While not typically a deal breaker for most authors, until now
CreateSpace covers were only offered as a glossy, plasticized cover.
In this video, I show how to upload your ebook cover into
Createspace cover creator to save you time, energy and money.
We also provide at no extra charge a 300dpi 2700x1800 jpeg which is a high resolution file suitable for printing and is of a high enough quality to incorporate into
a CreateSpace cover.
This is the cover I designed using
the Createspace Cover Creator.
Attach your Kindle cover,
CreateSpace Cover template, your back cover description and your author photo.
Please also note that while he charges $ 5 for an eBook cover, his rates go up to $ 20 for the paperback /
CreateSpace cover.
Not exact matches
book publishing: story and copy editing, author photos and press releases, book
cover design and interior formatting,
CreateSpace consulting, Kindle and ebook conversions
These are a couple of the sample
covers that
CreateSpace displays as examples of what you get with their «Custom
Cover» service:
CreateSpace, Canva.com and others offer free, easy - to - use
covers, complete with images and handful of font choices.
Use our
CreateSpace width calculator to save time and to ensure that your spine dimensions are accurate when you create your print - ready
cover artwork.
We also do Print
covers for
CreateSpace, Lulu, Booklocker and others.
I also used
CreateSpace but since I am not a graphics designer, I used the self - publishing services of Norlu.com who uses Create Space and designs the layout and book
cover.
Cover art is also important but Kindle and
CreateSpace do have some templates you can try.
Now all that's required is for you to upload your manuscript and book
cover to a company like
CreateSpace or IngramSpark, and you're done — right?
We also do print
covers for
CreateSpace, Snowfall, Ingram, MiniBuk and others.
Then you simply upload that PDF as the interior file for
CreateSpace / Amazon and / or IngramSpark (you'll also need a PDF of your
cover... with a spine, etc..
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The workshops took a practical approach,
covering such topics as editing; publishing with various digital tools offered by sponsors, including Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing and
CreateSpace; CompletelyNovel; Nook Press; and Kobo Writing Life.
Today, you can use a site like
CreateSpace to self - publish your book for no cost at all (minus any set up or pre-publication expenses, like editors,
cover designers, etc).
We also
cover the option of using both IngramSpark and
CreateSpace at the same time.
An indie author is an author who maintains complete creative control by self - publishing his or her book through companies such as
CreateSpace or Book Baby, both of whom offer editing, proofreading services - for - hire, along with
cover and page design services or do - it - yourself templates.
May 21, 2016 In this video, I do a quick ride along and insight on how you can make a decent
cover in
Createspace.
Choose your trim size (you'll find more options here than at
CreateSpace), interior color (black - and - white or color), paper, binding type (paperback or hardback),
cover finish or laminate type, and page count.
Full description: You have up to 4,000 characters; this is the equivalent of your back
cover copy, Amazon description, or what you used at
CreateSpace.
, I
covered the pros and cons of using this option on
CreateSpace.
This package includes a professionally designed book
cover, coordination with an editor if you are in need of one, an ISBN, copyright filing, development of keywords, choice of correct categories, creation of the back
cover description, layout of the book, publishing to KDP,
CreateSpace, and IngramSpark, and coaching to make sure you know how to keep up with your book once we have launched.
The main problem with formatting through
Createspace is that they aren't working with your
cover designer; if left unguided, they will just choose random fonts that probably don't look too bad, but also don't match your
cover design, leading to a very rough and fragmented reader experience.
Both
CreateSpace for paperbacks and Kindle for eBooks have
cover maker options although the use is somewhat limited.
We provide you with a high resolution print ready PDF file that includes spine and back
cover design that you can use to upload to
CreateSpace or Lightning Source.
This was both for aesthetic reasons, and more practical ones, since my old
covers didn't always print very well, and I couldn't afford to do seven iterations of each (the way I had done with
CreateSpace) to get it right.
If you use the
cover creator, the
cover will belong to
CreateSpace, not to you.
The process has been a bit labored: Tweaking
cover art, re-doing eBook formatting and my paperback option in
CreateSpace.
CreateSpace requires two files, the book
cover and interior.
CreateSpace offers a
cover creator, but it creates very basic, very template - looking
covers.
If you already have a book
cover, you'll probably have to tweak it for
CreateSpace.
Send us an email with the synopsis of your book, or the book to read and your information — author name and title, the level of book
cover package, and what service you are publishing with (Amazon,
Createspace, Smashwords, etc).
When I came to create the
cover for the print version I rashly decided to create a
cover from scratch rather than use one of the many
CreateSpace templates.
With
CreateSpace, authors are required to upload their content to the site — including artwork for the
cover and spine design.
Once you have your new ISBNs and you've registered then new edition of your book (yes, if you put a new ISBN on the book it's a new edition) it is time to upload the new files (interior and
cover) both to
CreateSpace AND to IngramSpark.
He took a picture of his foot, put it on the
cover of a book, uploaded it to
CreateSpace and made it an Amazon Bestseller.
I've completed the content formatting and
cover design, and passed
CreateSpace's submission tests for both files.
Can I just buy a new ibsn, go to ingram and upload the same files with
cover, so I can avoid the process with
Createspace?
eBook DesignWorks designed the
cover and interior for my first ebook, and they made my
CreateSpace print files.
His prices now are, I think, around [$ 240] for ebook only and [$ 360] for the ebook «front»
cover and a full
CreateSpace paperback
cover as well.
There is no additional charge for choosing the matte
cover, and authors whose books are already available through
CreateSpace can switch to matte without repeating the upload process or having their books become temporarily unavailable.
Luckily, for those chefs who choose to inexpensively publish a trade paperback on Amazon
Createspace, a full color
cover photo is included, even if you self publish for free.
I use
Createspace and free ISBNs so I created new projects for all 3 books, changed the interior and
cover files and republished.
In the first video of my «publishing a paperback book with
createspace» videos, I walked you through the entire process of how to upload your manuscript and book cover onto CreateSpace, step -
createspace» videos, I walked you through the entire process of how to upload your manuscript and book
cover onto
CreateSpace, step -
CreateSpace, step - by - step.
Whether you're publishing through Lightning Source,
Createspace, Lulu, or an offset printer, we'll design your
cover to suit your requirements.
Today, sites such as Amazon's
Createspace and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) have
cover creation tools that are not only easy to use, but often low cost or FREE.