INFOTECH2:
Good day everyone

Would any of these covers be okay to use.

I need your input and criticisms - If any

Thanks]

You should go and look at the covers of the best selling books in your book's category/niche and check out the type of pictures used, font styles and arrangements.
You can also google or watch videos of how to make a good book cover.
Or just get a good graphic designer and save yourself all the stress.
Goodluck.

Tekecoms1:
Will I ever be employed again? It's been roughly 5 years f unemployment for me. At 30 years of age there is no work.

Try book publishing on Amazon.

AncientTimes:



This is the guide that I follow. And my covers are not bad either. http://www.creativindie.com/how-to-make-a-full-print-book-cover-in-microsoft-word-for-createspace-lulu-or-lightning-source/



I will however encourage to always turn off your guide after making the Cover. If not createspace will not accept it. Turning off guide means hiding the creastpace template that you got from createspace. Don't let any of your images or text overlap. That is just a little tip on that. I know that many of the gurus in the house use photoshop and other advance softwares for designing their books but I use word 2013.


Let me summarize to you what I did.

1) go to create, generate your cover template and insert the now of page of your document, select white paper, and then the book size. Either 6 × 9 or 5×9 then click on build. Download it as a zip file.
2) unzip it and then make sure that you take out the png createspace template. Now go to Microsoft Word use 2013. Then page set up, for a book of 5×8 you will have to add the spine and 0.125 to each edges. For this book it will be 5+0.125 (top edge) + 5+0.125 (bottom edge) +spine. To calculate your spine multiple number of page count in Word by paper type. For white paper, 0.02252 by page count. For cream paper, multiply 0.025 by page count. For our books that has a 180 pages, we will says 180 ×0.002252 =0.42 I round of the last figures. After doing that, add all the spine. You will 5+5+0.125+0.125+0.125(spine) = 10.66. That is for your weight. Your height will be 0.125+8= 8.25. When you do that, you will notice that you have 10.66×8.25. Now go to word page set up and height put 8.25. In your weight column put 10.66. Let all your margins be zero. When you do that, Microsoft Word will give you a warning. Click ignore. Note: don't copy and paste pictures but under them directly. Besides, make sure you check on the donot compress image file in Word for maximum image quality. After doing that, go to usert, look for your createsoace template and insert it. From my experience using word 2013, I noticed that the template fill up my entire blank word document which is perfect. But if it doesnt, resize it and make sure it fills the entire word document.
3) insert picture for your cover, on the right side of the other half of the template and resize it until it to touches the other line of the cover, which is the spine. Then insert another picture and put it behind the picture on your right. If you don't that, the pictures will overlap, and creastpace will reject it. To do that, right click on the picture you just inserted and you will see bring to front, or send to back. Select send backwards. Then drag the picture to the left side of your template until it fills it. For your spine, insert another picture again, and put it behind the picture on your right. Drag it until it fills the spine.
4) It is more easier if you have already designed a cover for your kindle. You will just take the text and put them there. Make sure that your text are all to the left hands side. Your title, your author name and the rest.
5) Then for your spine text. I use the same text for my author title and author name. All your text must be in text box for easy manipulation.
NOTE: IF Your title is long, Like Gardening Skills: Your complete guide to effective Home Gardening. The text will be too long on the spine, so just use the main title. Gardening Skills. Then your author name will follow it. I normally copy and paste my main text, reduce the font to let say 14. Click on rotate, and I take it and turn it until it is 90 degrees. I do the Same for the author name.
6) for your back text, use the blurb you had written for your kindle and draw a text and paste it there. I normally make mine a little hit fancy.
7) when you look to your right, and you will see a selection pane there. Look for your main picture, which will be the template, it is normally picture one since that is the picture that was first inserted in Word. Click on the small eye sign to hide. Once you do that, your guide is turn off.
Save as pdf and submit it to creastpace.

But for better quality, I suggest you look for a software like Adobe pdf or any other type of pdf. Click on file, print. In the printer option, you will see a printer then click on it and change it to Adobe or Foxit or any other pdf that you have. Click on print. It will give you a save as option. Click save and it will create a pdf for you. Upload it to createspace.

This may sound a little bit though, but if you follow the link that I gave you, you will get it. It took me weeks of practicing to perfect it. And I cN assure you that my covers are not bad at all..


I hope this helps..sorry for the typos.

Try canva.com, I use it to create covers for Kindle and createspace. Quite simple and easy.

@Lobell, what exactly is your point ?

bros1234:


Good work sis. Good work.

You really beat me on the KENP read. But I can be consoled that my sales are not too bad, though it's just crawling. Just 4 books everyday.

Let's keep the motivation high. An author's main joy is seeing people read what you manufactured and wrote in ur house. and then send u a thank u note.

I just published a book that ended up as 371 pages. And I wrote it in 15 days. It was about 47,000 WORDS.

I didnt even know I have improved my writing like that.

I will give an update by month end.

God's blessings

U are doing a great job here Bro. and am really motivated and encouraged.

bros1234:


Yes. absolutely. If you can afford it.

Thanks

bros1234:


What should I do to you now?

Slap you or flog you?

Leme think.

Okay...I may have to send you to the kitchen and the other room.

Bro. this gospel is suited for another thread na.

Anyway, we'll welcome you, because you talked of helping out.

This thread is purely to help one another......most possibly for free.

Don't forget that.

Now instead of asking people to send you their emails, you may simply list niches you think are working for you and give topic ideas. You may also post your monthly statement, to encourage others to see the opportunity in this. Last month I earned about $359 and I posted it for all to see. That way people felt encouraged.

The idea if giving someone a book for N500 is what I won't ever recommend. You'll simply give them PLR books or books downloaded from ClickBank or blackhat sites, and they will get their amazon accounts banned for it. Pls pls pls. Avoid that shortcut.

Don't let me send you to the other room permanently

Please, is it advisable to hire a gig on fiverr to write a book for me?

Crazymommy, pls how do I give visibility to my pictures at istockphoto? I've not gotten a single view not to talk of download. Its more than two weeks since my first picture was approved. Thanks

crazymommy:
you are making a very good point....that is why I even gave them a better alternative which is selling their photo book on Amazon.....concerning shutterstock I started about 2years ago...my first earning on shutterstock the first week I started it was just $5 which I uploaded a photo of a flower...and I was like "what is this"!!??5$??what do I want to use this chicken change for but the following week I began to discover that the more visibility a picture gets the more money the owner of the photo will make so I started working on how to get traffic to my picture because the more views it gets the more visibility I will get on shutterstock because shutterstock displays pictures according to ranking...if your pictures get a lot of views it gets more ranking on shutterstock which means if for example your picture which is a flower is ranked as number 10 according to the secret ranking by shutterstock and people search for the word "flower" to download pictures of flowers then that means my own flower picture will be among the first 30 pictures that will be displayed to the visitor....so the following week I earned about 200$ just from a single picture...then the earning continued.::there are very good strategies on how to get more download of your picture...but for those who are not ready to be patient to create a strategy then they can just simply create a photo book and sell it on amazon...that one is easier and straightforward..

Crazymommy, where are u? Pls,how can I give my pictures at istockphoto more visibility. Am waiting for ur answer, God bless u.

Crazymummy,please should I make my photo book a large print at create space? Thanks

crazymommy:
Yes enable DRM on your book if you do not want someone to use your book online...but if you want to allow your customers to be able to use your book for anything including commercial use then do not enable DRM..so the decision is yours...

OK, thank u ma.

Crazymommy,thanks for this rare opportunity.Pls,I want to know if its advisable to apply DRM to my book because dat part is confusing me.May God bless u.