Nelson, Author-Book Coach-Speaker. One of the first things I do, and one of the first things I suggest all my writer-clients do, is to create a book cover right away. With ongoing publishing clients, I want them to create to the book cover before they finish writing the book. We always seem to need it and cannot find it easily on CreateSpace website.
The book cover is the most single important aspects of book publishing. If you are self-publishing a book and using print on demand, the first step will be to use the CreateSpace Cover Template tool. Sign up here. If your graphic designer does not have or follow the correct template, Createspace will not accept the book cover file for publications.
But wait … the nice thing about CreateSpace Cover Template is the calculator. Not everyone knows about this calculator. With the CreateSpace Cover Template Calculator, you fill in the number of pages your of your book, the size of the book, click on a button, and your custom cover template is ready to download! Next, simply download in a zip file, your choice of PDF or Word doc. You will need:. Here is a list of the standard CreateSpace book sizes:.
The reason we calculate number of pages is to figure the thickness measurement for the spine of the book. If you book is less than about pages, CreateSpace will not print anything on the spine, and your book cover layout will include that smallish blank spine.
Based on letter size 8. For pages of typed material in letter size at 12 points you can estimate your book will be pages when published. You will need front matter, back matter, headers, page numbers, margins, illustrations, dividers, end notes, About the Author, Resource Sections, and more.
See my Book Blueprint book to for more details about the parts of a book. Once the interior design of your book is completed to the specifications required for printing, you will have an exact count of pages. At that time you may use the CreateSpace Cover Template Calculator again, and then ask the book cover designer to make an adjustment in the size of the spine on the book cover layout, if necessary.
Once you know your trim size, number of pages and interior type black and white or color , you can use the calculator to create your cover template.
Next send it in an email to your book cover designer, and keep in mind the file must be in a print ready high-resolution PDF. Let your cover designer know these specifications, so you will not have any trouble when it comes time to upload your book cover file to the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
If you are a graphic artist and can thoroughly understand the steps below, then I would urge you to design your own book cover just how you would like it. If not, I suggest hiring an expert in book cover design. The best book size is that standard book size of 6 x 9—at least that is the most popular size. For our example book, we chose Black and White on White paper. The number of pages of the book.
In the section titled Configure your Template , fill in the information you copied from the Uploaded section for your book: Interior Type. Trim Size. For our example book, we chose 5. Number of Pages. Our example book has pages. Paper Color. For our example book, we chose white pages. Click the large button labeled Build Template. In the Download your Template section, click the link labeled Click here to begin Download. Wait for your template file to download. Uncompress UnZip the downloaded template.
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