Sentences with phrase «createspace template»

Once I'm done editing, I'll be copying the text out of Vellum chapter by chapter, pasting it into an empty word doc, copying it again, and pasting it into the Createspace template.

This is part 3 of 3 for my method of setting up a CreateSpace template for the pocketbook sized book.

Here is a sample of what I had designed using the CreateSpace template myself for my book «The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Rice the Indian Way» and what Alerrandre did with the same image.

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.

Not exact matches

Then there's the commenter who recommends the templates from Createspace.

alekhouse — I found Createspace is a good company, in fact I found that they offer templates for all your writing, and you will simply send it to them in a word format should you choose.

Cover art is also important but Kindle and CreateSpace do have some templates you can try.

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.

Use IngramSpark template because Amazon CreateSpace does not do hardbacks.

IngramSpark gives you a free bar code with the template and you can use the template for your CreateSpace books, too.

The next book will likely use the templates, but go to CreateSpace instead.

CreateSpace offers a cover creator, but it creates very basic, very template - looking covers.

However, many self publishing platforms (e.g., Createspace by Amazon) offer helpful tools and templates to address these concerns.

To DIY typesetting for print, try one of the free templates from CreateSpace, or a paid option from Book Design Ttemplates from CreateSpace, or a paid option from Book Design TemplatesTemplates.

I did [inner layout] myself, using Microsoft Word and the templates you can download from CreateSpace.

If you are creating a cover for a paperback book, you can also download a blank template that is the correct size for your book free from CreateSpace here.

I usually use Bookow.com to make exact templates — Createspace's templates are averaged to the nearest closest page and will usually be off by a few pages.

Either download a template if possible (CreateSpace has them for their print covers) or at least check the preferred dimensions of each e-book retailer.

The first stage to setting up a print cover is to get the template from Createspace.

When Joel Friedlander's Word templates were released recently, I was one of the first to jump on them to help me convert my e-book into a quality CreateSpace POD product.

I went to their Books page: http://midwestliterarymagazine.com/books/ Their book covers look EXACTLY like the free templates provided by Amazon.com's CreateSpace self - publishing arm.

If you used a CreateSpace interior template to create your manuscript file, make sure it's in a trim size that KDP supports.

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.

CreateSpace have templates available (https://www.createspace.com/Help/Book/Artwork.do)

Your cover designer will need to give you three versions of your cover: One for IngramSpark using the template provided by their generator, another version for CreateSpace with white space for the barcode they automatically insert, and a version (front cover only) for the eBook.

Lulu accepted interior files created with CreateSpace's template, so I didn't have to redo the book to order the sample.

A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the fingers and mind of the author to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue - stick; to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known as the publishing predators); or one of the pay the other pay to publish services that claim to offer different types of packages / templates for the author to select from; to Ingram Spark or Amazon's CreateSpace; to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (always recommended).

Attach your Kindle cover, CreateSpace Cover template, your back cover description and your author photo.

CreateSpace calls this the «trim size,» and it will determine the page layout of your manuscript as well as the cover design template.

I require my cover artists to give me the PSD or XCF (layered versions) so that I can make those adjustments once I've gotten the appropriate cover template from CreateSpace (they generate it based on the size of the file you upload).

I keep petitioning Createspace to offer inDesign templates for their covers.

They appear to be the same templates CreateSpace uses.

I even tried using the templates provided by CreateSpace but it just turned my text into all caps.

Just as an FYI, CreateSpace does offer a template where you can upload your e-book cover.

Now authors can use these templates on their books, create PDFs and upload them to CreateSpace, BookBaby, Lightning Source, Spark, and Lulu or to any printing company.

Cover Templates — We start all of the book covers for our print books with CreateSpace's free cover tTemplates — We start all of the book covers for our print books with CreateSpace's free cover templatestemplates.

My favorite are the 2WAY templates that create a beautiful print book ready to upload to CreateSpace or IngramSpark, plus ebook versions you can upload to Smashwords, Amazon KDP, Gumroad, or to sell from your own website.

A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the fingers and mind of the author to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue - stick; to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse; or an Outskirts Press that offers different types of packages / templates for the author to select from; to Amazon's CreateSpace; to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it.

I used MSWord to format Secrets & Pleasures for CreateSpace, using a template I downloaded from them.

Design your book cover for free using included templates with publishers like CreateSpace or go the true DIY route with something free like GIMP or (for the true pro) Adobe Photoshop.

These are templates you can use for when you need to layout your manuscript for publishing via print - on - demand like CreateSpace.

A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the fingers and mind of the author to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue - stick; to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known to many as publishing predators); or any of the pay to publish operations that claim to offer different types of packages / templates for the author to select from as well as claiming to do more personalization and hand - holding than a vanity press operation; to Amazon's CreateSpace and the Ingram Spark (higher quality); to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (always recommended).

The exact page count AFTER upload to Createspace or KDP Paperback (Yes, AFTER UPLOAD TO CREATESPACE — not after upload to KDP Ebook as it will not be the same, and not after insertion into a Createspace Interior Template as it will still change after upload)-- it has happened several times that an author gives me a page count and then a week later they tell me that after upload to Createspace / KDP Paperback the page count hCreatespace or KDP Paperback (Yes, AFTER UPLOAD TO CREATESPACE — not after upload to KDP Ebook as it will not be the same, and not after insertion into a Createspace Interior Template as it will still change after upload)-- it has happened several times that an author gives me a page count and then a week later they tell me that after upload to Createspace / KDP Paperback the page count hCREATESPACE — not after upload to KDP Ebook as it will not be the same, and not after insertion into a Createspace Interior Template as it will still change after upload)-- it has happened several times that an author gives me a page count and then a week later they tell me that after upload to Createspace / KDP Paperback the page count hCreatespace Interior Template as it will still change after upload)-- it has happened several times that an author gives me a page count and then a week later they tell me that after upload to Createspace / KDP Paperback the page count hCreatespace / KDP Paperback the page count has changed.

As well, CreateSpace allows you to download templates.

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Joel Friedlander sells MS Word templates that are supposed to make it much, much easier to format books for CreateSpace.

I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a professional cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version... than have the layout designer do the uploading — for less than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have quality cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the big boys — you get max percentage on eBook payout, you have print books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.

For the paperback edition, I'm publishing through CreateSpace, so their formatting templates will be useful.

The templates from Lightning Source and CreateSpace are helpful in this regard.

The PDF should be 300 dpi, and there are helpful automated template builders for both CreateSpace and Lightning Source that provide a PDF layout based on the trim size, page count, and paper type of the print interior.