Or, check out the services offered from Amazon's
CreateSpace program, which include design, editing, and more.
The store carries titles from other publishers, so it isn't clear what percentage of the titles, if any, will come from
the CreateSpace program, but it seems likely that New York Times indie bestsellers would find shelf space at the store.
(Authors can also publish print copies through Amazon's
CreateSpace program.)
She and Valterra had talked about throwing a book party when they publish the print version through Amazon's
CreateSpace program, which is currently planned for later this month.
Not exact matches
Therefore (and this is a big therefore), I advise opting out of the Amazon
CreateSpace Expanded Distribution
program (which is free, but don't be tempted) and using IngramSpark to distribute your PDF - formatted print - on - demand books everywhere else.
Going forward we can't really speak for
CreateSpace and how they might be changing their
program.
Step Two: Novelist gets the manuscript into shape with some first readers and maybe a good copyedit, then launches it on electronic sites and gets it through a POD publisher such as
CreateSpace, which will give you cheap author's copies in their $ 39 pro
program.
Few know that
CreateSpace uses IngramSpark to offer the books in this
program to...
This tends to happen when an author has had some good success with their eBook sales and would like to create a print book using the POD
programs offered by LSI and / or
CreateSpace.
Last year, Amazon began offering a beta
program which allowed indies the option of creating print books through their KDP
program instead of going to
Createspace or one of the other POD options currently available.
If you're not using Amazon /
Createspace / KDP, see if the self publishing platform you are using offers any similar
programs to help increase your revenues from multiple formats.
For now, the only news about the still - in - beta
program is that the files must be submitted in PDF, which is a break from
CreateSpace accepting Word docs and PDF.
Nook also offers a print - on - demand
program, which seems meant to compete with Amazon's
CreateSpace; what potentially differentiates it is the carrot of having your print edition picked up and stocked in a brick - and - mortar location.
I used
CreateSpace's cover design
program for all of my books.
CreateSpace is free to use, but once a book is put into
CreateSpace's expanded distribution
program, the base price, or cost of producing and distributing the book, goes up.
First you need to remove your book from
CreateSpace's Expanded Distribution
program.
UPDATE (October 18, 2013): It has been brought to my attention that the
CreateSpace expanded distribution
program might not get your books into Amazon.ca.
Amazon used the conference to announce their new
program that helps you use your
Createspace books and submit them to Kindle Direct Publishing.
For example, if you're using
CreateSpace and enroll in the Expanded Distribution
program, you will have to charge at least $ 8.25 per copy for a 200 - page book with 5.5» x 8.5» trim size and black - and - white interior (including images).
That means they upload their print book files to
CreateSpace and choose «expanded distribution» (which reaches Ingram and Baker & Taylor) and upload their e-book files to Amazon KDP and enroll in KDP Select, which is an Amazon exclusivity
program with marketing perks.
Createspace and many localized versions of its ebook store have also hit different markets and its self - publishing
program appeals to the entire range of foreign markets, including India.
When a graduate school professor contacted Rendall recently about that particular title's availability for the Kindles that were being distributed to all of the MBA students in the university's
program, Rendall's book was not yet published digitally; it took no effort to have
CreateSpace convert it to an e-book because they already had the digital version stored for print - on - demand purposes.
If you're merely collecting royalties from sales of your books through self publishing
programs such as Amazon's
Createspace or Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), there are a couple royalty structures you'll need to consider when setting a price.
A large part of that budget going to a friend to proof and the rest to
CreateSpace or InDesign premium
programs.
I've tried this both ways: setting up a book at
CreateSpace first, not putting it into the expanded distribution
program, and then setting it up at IS / LSI, and vice versa.
If you have a book cover made by a
program like
Createspace's free cover generator, people will assume you are an amateur, and what's worse, that you don't take pride in your projects.
You can't put your book into the expanded distribution
program at
CreateSpace, but if you're also at IS / LSI, you don't need to.
You'll see that if you've already set up the book at IS / LSI,
CreateSpace won't even let you put it into the expanded distribution
program.
I'm not sure since I don't know anyone who is in the
Createspace Direct
program or resells books.
This new
program means you don't have to move out of your KDP dashboard to
Createspace to set up your print book.
Use either
CreateSpace's expanded distribution
program, or go... [Continue reading]
Although,
CreateSpace has a
program that they call «Expanded Distribution».
With
CreateSpace shuttering its full service
programs and Amazon continuing with its longer term strategy to merge and streamline its print and ebook platforms, it is notable that KDP has returned once again to the top spot in the index.
But if you want to take advantage of
CreateSpace's Expanded Distribution
program, your trim size options narrow, especially if you want your book printed on cream paper.
Perhaps it's because Amazon started discounting
CreateSpace paperbacks more after discontinuing the 4 - for - 3
program.
Amazon
CreateSpace is an online POD book creation tool and their free Expanded Distribution
program claims to make your book available to online retailers and brick - and - mortar bookstores.
That's kind of a stretch because
CreateSpace does not offer the discounts and returns
program that brick - and - mortar bookstores insist upon.
Or is this just a
programming function that happens with
CreateSpace for print books (and therefore it's not possible to have the desired look)?
Once you're enrolled, you can add a range of information about your book, and also learn about some other terrific
programs — like Search Inside the Book, and
Createspace, and Kindle.
CreateSpace offers its Expanded Distribution
program for a $ 25 a year fee.
Alas, BookSurge /
CreateSpace has since discontinued this
program because traditional publishers were upset that shoddy self - published books were being featured on the same page as their books.
With
programs offered by
CreateSpace and LightningSource it is easier than ever to publish a book
CreateSpace claims to offer «some of the highest royalties in the industry,» as well as an easy ebook conversion through its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) electronic publishing
program (see below).
These include the Amazon Affiliates
Program, Audio books and print on demand books via
CreateSpace
*** Bonus Tip **** For authors self - publishing using Amazon's
CreateSpace or KDP
programs, the biggest mistake you can make is not utilizing all of the tools that
CreateSpace makes available to you.
Due to their response and some awesome first communications with
CreateSpace peeps, Love Unscripted was offered into their
program.
And I did something ballsy stupid / smart — I emailed Jeff Bezos directly and asked him why
CreateSpace novels were not eligible for entry into the Amazon sanctioned «Vine Review»
program.
I'm going to venture to guess that Amazon will not penalize or remove books that are listed with
CreateSpace — and as Amazon moves away from
CreateSpace to consolidate its print and e-book self - publishing
program onto Kindle, you will undoubtedly see that self - published authors with Kindle accounts will continue to be listed, while other self - published authors will suffer.
April Hamilton told her about
CreateSpace and then she found out about Kindle from my Author 2.0
program.
This combination
program is available to unilaterally launch your book on all global Amazon
CreateSpace distribution platforms -LRB-(US) Amazon.com, CreatSpace.com.