So here was my To Do List:<\/p>\n
– Final edit on Word File\/apply editor’s corrections
-Write author’s bio
-Learn InDesign
-Format file in InDesign
-Figure out page # of final document to calculate cover art template
-Find or ReDo cover art
-Upload interior PDF and cover art PDF to CreateSpace<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAnd here’s what I have left to do:<\/p>\n
– Order Proof copy
– Correct Proof copy
– Upload corrections
– Go live with print book<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYeah, that whole “Learn InDesign” took a wee bit longer than expected. Go figure.<\/p>\n
I took a crash course by signing up for a month’s worth ($25) of training videos at Lynda.com. I watched hours worth of videos and followed along on my own files. Great site, it saved my butt.<\/p>\n
Also, I never did find my file for the cover art for the print book (which, unlike the ebook cover, included the spine and back copy). I had to redo it. Fortunately, I did still have the front\/ebook cover. <\/p>\n
Now I’m waiting to hear back from Amazon to hear if my PDFs were formatted correctly. I hope they were, otherwise, I shall have to redo them AGAIN.<\/p>\n
If I were reading this as someone considering publishing through CreateSpace, I’d be thinking, “Wow, this sounds like a lot more work than I want to do.” And I would be right.<\/p>\n
Realize, however, that I brought a lot of this on myself. I hired myself as cover artist, so I had to do that job too. Then, after looking into some professional book interior designers, I decided to hire myself to do that too. I wanted to do a professional job on each one, so I used the tools I would if someone else were paying me (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign). But basically, this meant I was trying to do three jobs (author, artist, designer), all the hard way.<\/p>\n
It has never been conclusively proven that I am sane.<\/p>\n
# # #<\/p>\n
Um, and at some point I need to smack my blog in the face with some Pretty. ‘Cause right now it’s pretty far from Pretty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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