12/23/2023 0 Comments White out for cream colored paper![]() ![]() I found this on a CreateSpace community board: Here is the reason why CreateSpace doesn’t usually print smaller. I enrolled in it, but you’ll have to make that decision for yourself. If you’re interested in learning what the Expanded Distribution program is, you can click here. I was very adamant that I wanted cream paper, so I chose the smallest size CreateSpace had to offer.īut, as you look at trim, the term Expanded Distribution keeps popping up, and you’ll even see this warning if you choose a trim that disqualifies you from the program: My book is under Money, Honey, and you can see that it is bigger than the traditionally published romance. Here are four different books, printed by four different imprints and they are all the same size. I said I wanted my book to be “smut size.” Of course, there’s no such thing, but I read a lot of romances, chick lit, and they all are the same size, 4×6 printed on cream. I frequently talk to JewelELeonard and we were discussing trim size. I wrote a romance and I wanted it smaller. ![]() This information right here made me think. If you are choosing cream paper, you are limited to four sizes: 5×8, 5.25×8, 5.5×8.5, or 6×9. Books come in all different sizes, and CreateSpace allows you to choose different sizes based on the color of paper you want. Trim size is actually really fun, and don’t pass it off as a non-decision. (Or you are, and you’re just supporting me, thank you!) Chances are if you know what you’re doing, experienced in Word, Photoshop, InDesign, Gimp, whatever else, you’re not reading this. It’s for the people who just want to publish as quickly and as simply as possible. This publishing series I’m writing contains bare bones facts. ![]() My blog posts usually contain one disclaimer, and now it’s time for this one. Go ahead and look for the picture you want to use, dream it up in your head while you’re trying to go to sleep, but let’s save it for last. I made the mistake of doing my cover before trim and formatting, not realizing you need to know how thick your book is going to be before you design the spine. But the cover dimensions are contingent on the size of your book. Designing the cover is the most fabulous part of this whole this whole process, besides writing the thing, I know, trust me, I know. You expected me to say cover, didn’t you? I’m sorry. Yay! And I know you wanna jump right into. There is absolutely nothing left you have to do except to publish the darn thing. You have your author picture done, written your author bio, your blurb, your copyright page, your acknowledgments, your dedication. Your manuscript has been edited within an inch of its life, you decided what you’re going to do with your imprint and ISBN. Thanks for reading, and if you have questions, let me know! I’ll be glad to help! 9/15/19 VR I didn’t have as much knowledge about publishing as I do now, and while this blog post does have some information in it, please be advised that I know more now. It’s three years old, and CreateSpace no longer exists. ![]()
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