Let's also just emphasize again that this is over 36,000 ebooks and over US$ 86,000 that are NOT counted in any official publishing reports, as I don't use ISBNs on ebooks or audiobooks and I use
free Createspace ISBNs for print.
She says that her ebook sales aren't counted «in any official publishing reports, as I don't use ISBNs on ebooks or audiobooks and I use
free Createspace ISBNs for print.»
And for CreateSpace I use
a free CreateSpace ISBN and I really don't think that customers shop by publisher so I don't really care that it says CreateSpace on my publishing name.
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.
For most new authors, I would recommend
the free CreateSpace ISBN.
The other issue is that if you're using
a free CreateSpace ISBN, a bookstore will often see that it links to an Amazon affiliate (CreateSpace is owned by Amazon), and might not order from them for two reasons: they're not able to make money off the books because they don't receive the typical discounts from other wholesale distributors like Lightning Source, and they may view an Amazon affiliate as a competitor.
In this case, click the first radio button (
Free CreateSpace - Assigned ISBN).
Not exact matches
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.
For self - publishing, I usually suggest that authors start by looking at the
free or low - cost services, including
Createspace and IngramSpark if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo) if they want to do an ebook only.
I worked with
CreateSpace on the set up of Two Hearts and learned early in the setup process that they could provide a
free ISBN for my book.
CreateSpace, Canva.com and others offer
free, easy - to - use covers, complete with images and handful of font choices.
Danny also uses
CreateSpace for its broad distribution and fulfillment, which reduces stress on his business and
frees up time.
Most printers (
CreateSpace, IngramSpark, etc.) offer these barcodes
free of charge.
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.
I know I've posted information about ISBN's before but Joel Friedlander on his website, The Book Designer, gives more detail than I've found in other blog posts before and is worth sharing if you've ever questioned whether you should accept that
free ISBN from
createspace or any other publisher.
As a founder of
CreateSpace (now an Amazon.com company), we had developed a print - on - demand (POD) infrastructure that provided global inventory -
free fulfillment of low velocity books.
To get started with
CreateSpace, you sign up for an account, which is
free and requires only your email address, name, and country.
And the usual most common place to do that is Amazon «
CreateSpace» (CS)-- set up a
free account there and I can format a.
IngramSpark gives you a
free bar code with the template and you can use the template for your
CreateSpace books, too.
What I really wanted to title this post was here are five ways a print - on - demand book can help an author make more money than if they published only an eBook, and
CreateSpace is the easiest and most pain -
free way to produce a book in print.
Createspace is
free, and IngramSpark frequently runs specials discounting their fee.
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.
Createspace's new
free distribution is pretty good.
Fact: Self publishing a book or eBook on platforms such as Amazon's
Createspace and Kindle Direct Publishing can sometimes, quite literally, be
free.
I published all of my print books through
Createspace using a
free ISBN for each.
Remember, the actual publishing part is
FREE on all the ebook retailers and also for print on
Createspace.
Start with
Createspace, because it's
free.
For our purposes I'll say that the
free option (
CreateSpace - Assigned ISBN) is worth considering if you think libraries and schools may wish to order your book.
Self - publishing on Amazon is completely
free for anyone using their Kindle Direct or
CreateSpace options (Go to: https://kdp.amazon.com/).
To DIY typesetting for print, try one of the
free templates from
CreateSpace, or a paid option from Book Design Templates.
Already known — and somewhat reviled — at that time for its rumored
free - for - all into self - publishing through Kindle Direct Publishing and POD provider
CreateSpace, Amazon at the time seemed to be bent on cornering every possible aspect of book development.
I also say this because I've noticed an emphasis on
Createspace and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) emails and websites highlighting
free DIY (Do It Yourself) tools, such as a Microsoft Word Add - In, to assist authors in creating print books.
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.
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.
All of the above (from
Createspace) was
free.
I guess I'll twiddle my thumbs in the meantime while
CreateSpace sends it back to me,
free of charge.
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.
If I didn't hire Alex to make the cover I could've used over 1 mm of
Createspace's possible covers (I did that for my first book) and the entire publishing in paperback would be
free.
To clarify, you could use Amazon's
free ISBN on your
CreateSpace or KDP Paperback version only (whether you use Expanded Distribution or not, I believe).
The article inspired me to share my experience of self publishing a book and ebook... and how to do it for almost
free using the Amazon
Createspace platform.
I don't recommend that writers use vanity publishers, and for self - publishing services, I always recommend that they start by looking at the
free or low - cost ones —
CreateSpace, etc..
(
CreateSpace will do it for you for
free if you use them for the print edition.)
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.
I like
CreateSpace, especially because NaNoWriMo gives you a
free book coupon if you «win».
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.
You can buy the ISBN from Myidentifiers.com or consider getting a
free one if you use someone like
CreateSpace.
ISBNs
Createspace and Smashwords will give you
free ones.
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.
Just to clarify, the ISBN that Amazon provides for
free is for print books produced using the
CreateSpace print on demand service.