To Print or Not to Print

I finally “mastered” the formatting and uploading of my manuscripts to eBooks and decided why not make them available in print. I’ve had quite a few requests along the lines of “why can’t I buy a copy of it in print?” 

Okay, I can give that a try. Create Space is pretty easy to follow – until it comes to the cover upload! 

My cover photos were taken by a professional photographer as a favor to me. The only thing I know about photography is how to take a photo, and I’m not all that good at that task. When I started seeing things like “need to flatten to a single layer”, I knew I was in trouble! I contacted my photographer friend and found they were out on their sailboat for a month. Hmmmm.

Time for plan B. The only problem was, I didn’t have a plan B. I played with the cover photo for about a week and finally got it to convert to a PDF, thanks to help from my husband. Then came the next part and that’s when I threw up my hands and decided I’d better come up with something else or my print book would be listed under the “Antique Book” heading.

So I decided what the heck – The print book can have a different cover than the ebook! Genius! Once I used a photo from Create Space, it was clear sailing!

Something I learned along the way – never, ever, ever assume you got it right the first time. When I ordered copies of my book I realized I had the font size wrong and it could be read by anyone over the age of 100 because the type was so large! Oops. I also failed to have the book title in the header and page number in the footer. Other than those few missteps, the book is a thing of beauty! 

I felt so good I immediately put my second book into print and in another month or so I’ll work my third into print. Yay me!
 
Martinis with Mom and Martinis at the Ranch are available on Amazon, Kindle, and Amazon Paperback Books.  An Unacceptable Truth is available on Amazon and Kindle and Ibooks.

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