Reissue your book with IngramSpark or another publisher which will aloow you to set your book's terms (
CreateSpace does not).
After the dismaying discovery that CreateSpace doesn't distribute everywhere, and that IngramSpark offers a whole ton of things that CreateSpace doesn't (we'll go into this in a different article), I learned that small bookstores and retailers often won't order inventory from CreateSpace and will only order your book if it's on IngramSpark, and oh, by the way — that you can be listed in BOTH places, I realized I needed to have my books on IngramSpark as well as CreateSpace.
At this time
CreateSpace does not accept returns, which most booksellers require.
CreateSpace doesn't currently have a limit on changing the price of your book, but we don't recommend going overboard.
But
CreateSpace does not offer a pre-order...
I am choosing 5.25 x 8 inches trim size for my novella because CreateSpace doesn't consider 5 x 8 inches an industry standard.
(
CreateSpace does offer a universal ISBN that you can use anywhere for $ 99.)
First, the good news: NOOK Press will indeed turn out a print book for you, in a variety of trim sizes and cover types — including hardback, which CreateSpace doesn't offer.
Createspace does not publish hardcover books.
CreateSpace does not seem to follow the «big six» publisher standards in regards to pagination.
That's kind of a stretch because
CreateSpace does not offer the discounts and returns program that brick - and - mortar bookstores insist upon.
CreateSpace doesn't care if you distribute your novel elsewhere at the same time.
Well, if their ultimate service incorporates all
that CreateSpace does while being under the Amazon KDP dashboard, then I'm all for it.
Just to be clear,
CreateSpace does offer the use of their ISBN in your book, but you can't use that ISBN on any other platform but CreateSpace.
Just as an FYI,
CreateSpace does offer a template where you can upload your e-book cover.
(
CreateSpace does not make you pay out, just deducts what they paid you from your total.)
They had promised to let authors order at the same low price that
Createspace does.
Lightning Source prints both paperback and hard cover books, an option
Createspace does not offer.
I have created a coupon code before, but CreateSpace doesn't make it easy to figure out.
However,
Createspace does allow authors to upload their production - ready PDF file, as long as it meets their production requirements for size, etc..
They don't even offer a satisfaction survey after you've uploaded, like
Createspace does.
That's what
CreateSpace does.
A: Createspace doesn't give a choice yet.
Createspace does offer these book cover design services, or you could hire your own designer through sites such as Fiverr.
(I wanted to do hardcovers and CreateSpace doesn't offer that option.
With Createspace this doesn't cost a thing.
Only with
CreateSpace does Amazon pay well and that's because Lightning Source / Ingram remains a serious competitor.
As a side note, the current pricing calculator for a 200 - page book with standard 6 × 9 trim sizes cost the author nearly $ 2 more per copy through Ingram Spark due to a handling fee that
CreateSpace does not charge.
As far as I know, Createspace doesn't allow returns right now; neither does Ingram Spark, but wouldn't it be great if they did?
Createspace does something like that.
Use IngramSpark template because Amazon
CreateSpace does not do hardbacks.
You've heard that you should offer your print book for pre-order, but
CreateSpace does not support pre-order so you need to use IngramSpark.
CreateSpace does most of the job from the moment you submit your material to delivery.
But, now that KDP Print is slowly implementing changes and benefits CreateSpace doesn't offer, it has many indie authors wondering, should I move my CreateSpace book to KDP print?
CreateSpace does a good job printing as well and I am happy with in search of the lost ones in paperback.
The number two differentiator is IngramSpark allows you to set up a flexible discount, where CreateSpace doesn't.
I also think
createspace did a great job with the printing.
Cover art is also important but Kindle and
CreateSpace do have some templates you can try.
Until October 2014,
Createspace did allow publishers and artists to upload and sell MP3 files through Amazon.
Smashwords, Amazon KDP, B&N, iTunes, Lulu, and
Createspace do not fit cleanly into your categories.
They might employ professionals on a freelance basis, or — as
CreateSpace did — full time.
Not exact matches
We might go with a printer to
do case - bound hardcovers for new books, but as far as reprinting and the journal is concerned, I think
createspace is the way to go.
No title or writing is necessary, as this is all
done online once we upload the files to
CreateSpace.
I usually suggest that authors start by investigating the free or low - cost services with good reputations in the self - pub community:
Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to
do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to
do an ebook only.
If authors are looking to outsource aspects of the publishing process to others, rather than
do it all themselves, there are many other viable options, like
CreateSpace and Lulu as mentioned in other comments.
In addition, if you go with a company like
CreateSpace (a subsidiary of Amazon), you don't have to worry about the «shelf life» of your memoir since you can always order copies of your book.
So, again, you still have the flexibility in IngramSpark, where you don't in
CreateSpace.
This
does not apply to
CreateSpace, BookBaby or other corporations.
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