My Experience Publishing on Create Space Part 2 

                      

    Designing a Book Cover

             By Gary Dorion                                                                                                       

            You want your book to sell in big quantities, right? In my last post I discussed the importance of perfecting (as much as is practical) your novel or soon-to-be-published book on your hard drive before uploading to Create Space. This post is about cover design-in particular, whether or not you should fork over hundreds of dollars for a professional illustrator to design your cover or if you should undertake that project yourself. A good cover can help sell your book as it is the first thing that a reader will see. First impressions can be a door opener or a door slammed in your face. 

My Experience Publishing on Create Space Part 1

By Gary Dorion                                                                                                                 

        First of all, let me say that I definitely recommend Create Space as an efficient and cost-effective way to construct a book, especially if you have a meager budget. In fact, I expect to use Create Space again for my next book-Jack-which is nearing completion at least in the writing phase. Like most things undertaken for the first time, there is a fairly substantial time commitment in putting together your first book from cover to cover on Create Space but it actually can be fun. The more time you put into it, the greater the investment you have and the more interesting the project becomes so it makes sense to exercise care.