thealtruismsociety Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 How long do I have to be able to get the single free proof from Createspace? I don't want to do it till my book is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 How long do I have to be able to get the single free proof from Createspace? I don't want to do it till my book is done. June 30, 2010 -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 June 30, 2010 -Steve Hahah my birthday, damn it better speed up the writing a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Ok so doing the Createspace proof, I know I'm being psycho about it but I want to make sure, sure, sure I will be able to sell the book to publisher after getting this free proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 For the free proof amazon is asking for an interior file, is this the text? They want it in PDF but Storyist doesn't have that option. SHould I print using OSX?o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 For the free proof amazon is asking for an interior file, is this the text? They want it in PDF but Storyist doesn't have that option. SHould I print using OSX?o Storyist doesn't need that option since (as you note) OS X has it. Just print from Storyist and choose the PDF option to create a file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 They want it in PDF but Storyist doesn't have that option. Sure it does. As with most Cocoa apps: 1) Choose File > Print. 2) Click the PDF button in the print dialog and choose Save as PDF. Let us know how the Create Space copy look. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 That's worked and I will. Edit: Uh oh it was rejected because the PDF was (OF course) 8.5 x 11 and the book size I choose was much smaller, what can I do? "The interior file appears to be sized for a 8.5 x 11" size book. This is not one of the standard trim sizes. Please reformat the interior for the selected trim size of 6 x 9". Interior files should be formatted to the exact final trim size of your book and submitted as a single PDF file with one text page per PDF page. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 That's worked and I will. Edit: Uh oh it was rejected because the PDF was (OF course) 8.5 x 11 and the book size I choose was much smaller, what can I do? "The interior file appears to be sized for a 8.5 x 11" size book. This is not one of the standard trim sizes. Please reformat the interior for the selected trim size of 6 x 9". Interior files should be formatted to the exact final trim size of your book and submitted as a single PDF file with one text page per PDF page. " You can set the page size in Storyist using File > Page Setup (and creating a custom page size if needed). You'll probably want to copy your manuscript (see the option+drag post) and adjust the headers and margins before creating the final PDF. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 When I do that it makes the novel 850 pages for a 6x9 book, that doesn't seem quite right ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 When I do that it makes the novel 850 pages for a 6x9 book, that doesn't seem quite right ... You probably want to use single spacing and smaller margins. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 You probably want to use single spacing and smaller margins. -Steve Currently inside margin is 1 inch, top .25 right .25 bottom .56, let me try single spacing BTW - Crash report incoming lol. That makes it 502 pages, 6x9 is not even a paperback size is it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Ah I got it, I fixed the margins and made it single space, now it's 412 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Interesting report on NPR this morning about self-publishing (and the iPad, but the story actually says next to nothing about the iPad). Best, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I'll check it out, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 So if you publish a novel on lulu, are you able to on amazon as well??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrenm Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 So if you publish a novel on lulu, are you able to on amazon as well??? Sure: http://www.lulu.com/services/marketing/ret...id=us_sh_apacks Orren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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