Createspace trim size and bleed specifications proper book formatting is one of the key factors that not only enhance the chances of your paper back being accepted by createspace but also give it a professional look in line with mainstream publishing standards. But i say potentially because there are a few things to know before you decide to funnel your shoppers to your estore instead of the regular amazon store. Createspace will distribute your book through a variety of channels, including the createspace estore, amazon, and extended distribution channels, which makes your book available through many, many book. Ksenia anskeblogdistributing your selfpublished books. Printondemand book design for kdp print createspace. Copy and paste your book s content into the template by section.
No extra charge for additional distribution channels. Good formatting and a great cover design bring it all together and theyre the goto guys for all your book formatting. In comparison to other ebook formatting, formatting ebooks for createspace can be a bit more demanding. Createspace trim size and bleed specifications the fast. Check out our free guide on how to find a book cover designer. Jul 06, 2015 createspace independent publishing platform is the imprint. Can only be used with createspace, but amazon has an expanded distribution channels for many other retailers, bookstores, and libraries. This course is designed to help you quickly convert any digital book to a format that can be uploaded to createspace. I was so happy with their work that i had them format my next book, light for the burning soul, for print, kindle, and nook. Paste your manuscript into this template or simply start typing. Interior book design manuscript formatting professionally formatted text is an important part of book design. The stepbystep to formatting your print book for createspace is the only comprehensive guide youll ever need for doityourself book formatting. We now offer specialized options for your different publishing needs. You can earn up to 70% royalty on kindle ebook and 60% on paperback sales.
Apr 06, 2012 once id been through the formatting and artwork cover stages of my book, much of the creative process was over. To get the ball rolling, contact me to get a custom quote for your manuscript, or book my createspace formatting gig on fiverr. List prices the list price is the price you enter on kdps pricing page. Selfpublish paperback books with images using createspace. If you didnt know, is an ondemand printing service owned by. If you have recently written an ebook and want to sell it online or share to anyone, but dont want to spend a lot of time uploading it online.
How to publish on amazon with createspace click here to get great self publishing content via email. A list of book scanning services is a the end of the formatters list. We also offer free formatting tools like kindle create and a free cover creator. Createspace will close its estore from the end of october. Kindle direct publishing kdp is an amazon selfpublishing service. C lick the createspace link for the book you wish to order. Print on demand amazon kindle direct publishing amazon kdp. Buyers may purchase your book through the createspace store or through. Guaranteed to be accepted by createspace, ingramspark and kdp print. Since the createspace estore uses us english, we will redirect all estore links to which also uses us english. You will be doing most, if not all, of the leg work. Thinking of using createspace to publish your book.
This is probably the biggest con when using createspace. Below is a list of book formatters who do freelance work. How to format your book and how to create the book cover. Images can be optimized if you know how using free software. Login to your dashboard and click the title of your book. We format existing manuscripts to createspace and kindle and ebook formats. Kindle direct publishing kdp, making kdp the single place to publish your print and digital books. A clear hierarchy and readable typeface help create a layout that is inviting to. If you have followed the steps in this blog to format your hard copy book.
Formatting a print book for kdp can be learned quite quickly. It goes without saying that you should only be ordering large quantities of your title after your paperback title has been approved, published and now appears live in the createspace estore. But recently they ended their author services, which included marketing, book editing, cover design, and book formatting. Your estore address is at the top of this page, its called the title. However, if your titles are not available for sale on, youll need to visit your createspace dashboard and check the box to allow sales through. Depending on your book, some steps may be unnecessary for example, your book doesnt have images. Do kdp book formatting and createspace book formatting by. The settings used by the book design wizard meet the requirements of most printers such as ingram spark, createspace, amazon kdp, and more so you know your book meets even the most stringent publishing guidelines. We pride ourselves in being a wellrounded bunch here at tck publishing, and while we may not offer paid publishing services, we will teach you how to format your selfpublished book for createspace absolutely free. Formatting your manuscript for createspace katrina on writing. Al macys new book, createspace formatting sampler, offers a muchneeded so often as were formatting our new book, we check out the cover appearance, the author bioblurb, etc. Printondemand book design for kdp print createspace and. Amazon launched kdp print in some countries and has this service with features now close to createspace.
To make your book available through the createspace estore, you will first need to open an account with createspace. Writing, selfpublishing, book marketing, making a living with your writing. Createspace cover template book cover design selfpublish. And you can do it using software you may already have. All security should be removed from a file before you submit the file to createspace it is very easy to create a pdf of your word file its matter of saving your word file as a pdf. When you sell a book through the createspace estore, createspace. This change will not affect your amazon europe listings. Createspace will distribute your book through a variety of channels, including the createspace estore, amazon, and extended distribution channels, which makes your book available through many, many book stores. Feel free to visit our formatting frequently asked questions page. This is a vital step toward ensuring that your book. My book is also available for sale on amazon europe. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons improved publishing services.
They detail formattinguploading headaches, poor quality and binding issues, delivery delays, bad customer service. If that wasnt enough, all formats for the same novel after the fourth are free. We support popular file formats like word, html, txt, and pdf. Createspace estore is closing effective october 31, 2017. This book will show you how to create the pdf files that will be uploaded to createspace. Using createspaces formatted templates the formatted interior templates provide a basic layout for your books interior. Copy and paste your books content into the template by section, such as the front matter title page. Createspace different book distribution channel you can. If you have a link to your createspace estore and a customer clicks on it, the customer will be redirected to the corresponding page at. If you want help formatting the other parts, see our stepbystep guides for preparing your manuscript in word for windows and mac. Theyre also cover design experts, customer service expertsand the list goes on. You can publish your books in digital and print for free and sell on amazon to millions of readers.
List of recommended formatting options for ebook and print selfpublishing. I have happily selected all 6 distribution channels, the 3 standard ones, amazon europe, createspace estore and the 3 expanded distribution ones bookstores and online retailers, libraries and academic institutions, createspace direct. How to format your book for createspace in under 5 mins. Printondemand book interior design for kdp print createspace and ingramspark paperbacks printed one at a time. Through expanded distribution, you can make your book. Ebookifi offers excellent and most professional createspace book formatting services for authors and multiple publishers. Dec 11, 2016 how to format your book for createspace updated 121016 i get a lot of formatting questions, so i thought id put it all down in one place. Once your book is approved for publishing through createspace, then follow these steps to set up your estore. How to get your selfpublished book edited and formatted.
Up until april 2018, it was also a platform where authors could hire the selfpublishing services needed to produce a book. If you know of a resource weve missed, please email us via the contact page in the navigation bar. The fast fingers is a book formatting service that will prepare or format your manuscript according to the formatting guidelines set by ingramspark, lulu, kindle direct publishing, smashwords or your own local printer. As all writers know, the process of selfpublishing a book is everfluctuating and evolving. Book formatting for ebook and print books the creative penn. Quickly upload your book using my preformatted word template. Theres the createspace estore, where you can market your book.
Find the best createspace book and ebook formatting services you need to help you successfully meet your project planning goals and deadline. Createspace is a printondemand service, which means that when a buyer orders your book, createspace will print it up and send it out. Createspace book formatting services print ready pdf. In certain marketplaces, the list price shown to the customer will include local value added tax vat, which is added on to the list price you provide.
The fast fingers book formatting service design of pod and. What not to do on createspace celebrating independent authors. In the next section you need to manually select the additional options if you want to make use of them. Bookbaby can help selfpublishing authors with book editing, cover design, book formatting. Self publish a paperback book using the free platform createspace. You will receive 4080% of the retail sale of your book from the createspace, depending on the distribution channel through which sales are made. Does the estore closure affect other createspace services. And click on the 2 nd option with the numbers in the center.
If you want help formatting the other parts, see our stepbystep guides for preparing your manuscript in word for windows and. I highly recommend format your print book with createspace and lulu, using microsoft word. Formatting your print book in ms word for kdp print april 11, 2017 october 6, 2018 leila if you are familiar with ms word, then it is not too difficult to format your print book interior for selfpublishing with createspace. Click on their site names to visit their sites and learn more about their work and pricing. The blank templates have the page size and margins set. There are still a few issues that might be of interest to writers new to the print format, however. We will step you through the processes to easily get your book available for sell through the largest online retailer in the world. Peace corps writers will not share in your royalties. Ready for createspace 6x9 specifications bleeding, margins, etc. I also work with pdf and will give a custom price for conversion. Now that createspace is no longer offering formatting. Createspace is little more than a medium through which you can submit, print, and distribute your book. For 18 years, createspace was a great selfpublishing resource for independent authors. Using createspaces formatted templates the formatted interior templates provide a basic layout for your book s interior.
Free word template 6x9 format ready for createspace. This is important because the process of buying a book is a little more involved for the regular amazon shopper and you might end up losing sales at the expense of improving margins. Createspace, one of the premier printondemand pod services for selfpublished authors, merged with amazons kdp print in late 2018. Createspace is the easiest way to publish a book on amazon. Here are the steps i took to create a store for my book, successful ebook publishing. Ebook launch professional ebook and print book formatting.
May be you are wondering on how expanded distribution operates. Familyowned publisher offers ebook epub 2 and mobi formatting. Ebook formatting and createspace paperback formatting. From the research ive done, createspace provides the highest profits on a standard trade type book, however i suggest playing with their royalty calculator before you decide on the format. Convenient and readily accessible, they have to take the industry by storm and gone some way to replacing paperback books. Createspace is calculating what percentage of your sales for each book were made through your estore and through over the past 12 months, and is using that to determine your adjusted royalty for the next 6 months. Planning to selfpublish print books on amazon createspace. Interior layout and book formatting services go published. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons. Thanks for visiting sarco press, a book formatting service. You can use kdps free tools to prepare your book and publish quickly. Login to get started with kindle direct publishing, manufacturing on demand, or print on demand for publishers. Amazons createspace is discontinuing its author services, but not to worry.
If you have your document in docword format that would be preferred. Jun 16, 2015 i figured, it worked for him, it will work for me. Designed for those planning to publish a print on demand pod book. You can only sell the book through createspace and its channels but you could get another isbn and use others. Createspace formatting services print on demand interior. Sharing some quick tips and tricks to make your publishing business progress. Formatting experts are more than what their name implies. Get professional, fast and affordable print book formatting from ebook launch. Book design wizard makes formatting your book a breeze so you can concentrate on writing rather than worrying endlessly about format.
I was so happy with their work that i had them format my next book. However, even if you dont include your title in the expanded distribution, createspace will ensure that your titles are distributed through estore channels, and amazon europe. If you arent comfortable with doing the formatting yourself, then you. You can publish an ebook and paperback with one file, and the book will be available on amazon within two days. We now offer specialized options for your different publishing.
Createspace trim size and bleed specifications proper book formatting is one of the key factors that not only enhance the chances of your paper back being accepted by createspace but also. Oct 12, 2017 the closure of the estore will not affect other createspace services. Formatting your print book in ms word for kdp print. This is a vital step toward ensuring that your book is ready to publish.
Recent changes to createspace and kindle direct publishing. They are just closing the createspace estore where readers could buy the pod books from. Ebooks have come a long way since they were first introduced. How to format a book for amazon selfpublishing copy that pops. You might need physical copies of your paperback title ready in time for your next book signing or promotion. Createspace and kindle direct publishing recent updates to paperback features amazon has recently added new features to kdps paperback selfpublishing option. Createspace trim size and bleed specifications the fast fingers. The stepbystep guide to formatting your print book for kdp. As createspace was one of the goto options for anyone aiming to print a selfpublished book. If you are selfpublishing a book and using print on demand, the first step will be to use the createspace cover template tool. The templates with sample content include formatted front matter e. A short, stepbystep tutorial showing how to take a microsoft word document and turn it into a createspace ready pdf file. Createspace estore is closing beginning october 31, 2017, customers will no longer be able to purchase paperbacks directly from the createspace estore. Createspace books are now on kindle direct publishing.
Taylor covers details such as starting a set of styles, fonts and typefaces, how to insert images, widows and orphans, and drop caps, all new to me until i came upon this book. Be prepared to handle everything, from formatting, to cover design, to editing. Now its time to format your nonfiction book to be ready for publishing. What you need to know about createspace author services. Once your book is approved for publishing through createspace. Ive developed my own quick way of converting kindle books to a format acceptable by createspace a free print on demand platform.
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