(After all, Amazon's print - on - demand
CreateSpace lists itself as publisher and uses their ISBN for extended distribution.)
I went online and OK'd my proof at CreateSpace and as fast as you could say «Abracadabra» the Ingram / Lightning listing was gone from Amazon and replaced by
the CreateSpace listing.
Do I register the ISBNs and Barcodes in my name or my press name (which I'm creating so I don't have amazon or
createspace listed as publisher on my books)?
You can pay a little more to change that (it will display your publisher name on Amazon, even though if anybody looks up the real ISBN on Bowker they will still find
Createspace listed) or you can pay even more to have it registered to your publisher name in Bowker.
Not exact matches
Gene is the author of six books, most recently, The Manufacturer's Book Of
List (
CreateSpace - October, 2013).
Inspired after discovering an old coloring book from the»70s in 2012, Morrison has since independently created and sold eight titles on
CreateSpace, including Flower Designs Coloring Book, which was on the bestseller
list for eight weeks.
We will also help you with your paperback copies, getting your book
listed through print on demand sites such as
Createspace.
Sorry,
CreateSpace, a bare
listing won't do it.
For example, when you self - publish your print version with
CreateSpace, your royalty per copy sold is what is left over when you subtract
CreateSpace's share from your book's
list price.
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CreateSpace books generally are
listed on Amazon a day after the proof is reviewed by them and accepted by the author.
a. Your book will be taken more seriously than if it is
listed in all the databases as published by a vanity press or
CreateSpace.
And, for example, it's now possible, though
CreateSpace and / or Ingram Spark, for individual writers to get their books
listed with a major distributor such as Ingram — something that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago.
Books
listed on
CreateSpace never have availability issues.
The category
listing will begin with either «Books» (the categories for
CreateSpace) or «Kindle Store» (the categories for KDP).
Pricing: You get to set the
list price, but there is a minimum that will be applied to ensure that you (and
CreateSpace) don't go into the hole on each sale.
On a side note, I have always understood that Barnes and Noble does not carry
Createspace titles, but I see that your InDesign CC 2014 book from CreateSpace is li
Createspace titles, but I see that your InDesign CC 2014 book from
CreateSpace is li
CreateSpace is
listed there.
CreateSpace and KDP Print will allow you to generate a free ISBN from their pool if you want, but they will be
listed as your «publishing company» if you go this route.
To get the best royalties, and to make your book as widely available as possible, we'll
list your book with Lightning Source / Ingram and
CreateSpace, the two major POD distributors, for one year (renewable yearly).
The downside of using a
CreateSpace ISBN is that it applies only to your work as
listed through CS.
Book
listing Set - up, Troubleshooting, Management for iBooks, Kobo, Nook (BN),
Createspace and KDP (Amazon)
It stayed out of stock for WEEKS until we were forced to
list it for sale directly through
CreateSpace.
His personal formula for writing and publishing through platforms like
CreateSpace for his print editions and online platforms for ebooks has resulted in twenty - five books on the bestseller
list, featured articles in the Wall Street Journal and other major newspapers, and a book co-written with Clive Cussler, to be published later this year.
While outlets like
CreateSpace function to
list a professional - grade print copy on Amazon's retail website, others like the addition of print services from Nook Press simply make print - on - demand copies available for the author to purchase.
It's not that bad now, but the wise POD authors always
list through
CreateSpace for Amazon these days in order to keep their titles from going out - of - stock, but I digress.
Part I covered many of the basics; Part II covered the «short
list» of tips and tricks that helped me get my title to
CreateSpace.
Now add in
CreateSpace and you get your book
listed in Amazon and in the fine print in Baker and Taylor distributing catalog and Ingrams catalog.
As
CreateSpace is an Amazon imprint, having a
CreateSpace ISBN can inadvertently exclude you from Barnes and Nobles shelves (though they will still
list your book online).
Book authors and publishers can get free
listings in various directories such as Books in Print, Words on Cassette,
Createspace and the like, but in order to ensure that your titles ever get into the Books in Print database at all, you must first submit your book's title information along with the ISBN number you've already registered with R.R. Bowker.
There is also an option to
list your book with
Createspace, making your book available in print on Amazon.
The books were not
listed for sale through B&N, and there was a significant upfront charge to produce them — unlike
CreateSpace, just to name one example, that charges nothing to produce a print book then takes a portion of the sales price after it distributes the book to Amazon.
When there are free (or nearly free) self - publishing options like
CreateSpace or IngramSpark or Blurb, which combine high - quality printing and seamless wholesale distribution (adding books to wholesale catalogs, which will automatically
list them on all the major e-retailers), why would a writer choose a service that only gets them halfway to the goal?
I've recently self - published using
CreateSpace and after the bad experience of using their template and having my book turn out pretty bad, I found some great tutorials (
listed here http://laurasconfessions.com/2014/02/01/what-i-learned-from-word/) to format my own file and submit that.
With
CreateSpace, you can choose their Standard Distribution which
lists your book at Amazon only for a 40 % wholesale discount, or their Expanded Distribution, which gets it in other online retailers in addition to Amazon for 60 %.
Your book will be
listed on its Amazon page as available in paperback and
CreateSpace will print and mail it whenever there's a purchase.
Amazon will replace your
listing on Amazon with the
CreateSpace version.
Part II will cover the «short
list» of tips and tricks that helped me get my title to
CreateSpace.
After you've picked a name, you can use that rather than «
createspace» or «lulu» as the publishing imprint (you may need to pay a little extra to have this option; you should also try to get your ISBN
listed with this information.)
Use
Createspace only for Amazon distribution and
list under your own ISBN and use Lightning Source for expanded distribution.
Amazon
CreateSpace: HTML supported (sample
listing, 12 total): line break, paragraph break, bold, italic, headings, bullets, numbered
list.
If you have Lulu on the
list, you should also have
Createspace.
I want you to take a look at your book
listing right now (especially if it's a physical self - published book through
CreateSpace).
Where would YOU tweak your
list for a Kindle /
Createspace, etc. route?
Well, you've set up your book via
CreateSpace using your free ISBN, and you've turned on «Expanded Distribution,» so they see it
listed there, but you've also assigned your own ISBN to the one that you set up with IngramSpark.
Companies like
Createspace and Lightning Source will
list your book on websites like Amazon then print the book to order.
The Expanded Distribution channel limits how low you can set the
list price for a
CreateSpace paperback.
-LSB-...] The questions ran from how to get on a bestseller
list to printing with
Createspace, Lulu and Lightning Source.
If you are only planning to publish one book, or if you planned to get most of your sales through Amazon.com plus people you interact with personally, I would take the free
CreateSpace ISBN, which
lists CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform as the publisher.
Amazon and
CreateSpace could get together, potentially, and create a Countdown Deal that only lowers the Amazon sale price, but not the
list price or Expanded Distribution price, during the promotion.
People who like to support the self - publishing concept often buy
CreateSpace books (or Kindle eBooks where the paperback
lists CreateSpace as the publisher).
I can buy them from
Createspace for $ 3.10 including shipping so i can make money even if I sell them for $ 5.00 It is
listed for $ 9.99.