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I used iuniverse. Their service is pretty good, although their support can be sucky and they tend to spam you a lot with newsletters (it's almost impossible to
by cpncrunch 13y ago
I used iuniverse. Their service is pretty good, although their support can be sucky and they tend to spam you a lot with newsletters (it's almost impossible to get off their mailing list unless you yell at them a few times). I think I'd still use them again.
Some advice:
- Spend a lot of effort on designing the cover, as you can't easily change it afterwards and it makes a big difference to whether or not people will buy your book.
- Proof read it thoroughly multiple times (and get someone else to proof read it as well if you're not 100% confident in your own spelling/grammar).
- Don't expect to sell many copies unless you do a bunch of marketing yourself.
- desouzt 13y agoAwesome, thanks so much! Point 1 - I've got a great animator to design me the cover. You can see the animation from the link I posted above (around 2 mins in) Point 2 - I have enlisted the help of a friend and my dad who are in the process of proof reading. Need to spend a lot of time on this like you have suggested. Point 3 - I'm hoping I'll get lucky! I have around 750 people who seem to be interested in the book based on the blog, and sitcom, that it is about. Hoping if they buy it then they may recommend it. If not, it's cool to finally tick off a goal!
- jseliger 13y agoSpend a lot of effort on designing the cover Did you hire someone for this? If so, who?
- cpncrunch 13y agoNo, I did it myself and ever since I have been disappointed with the result. If I did it again I would definitely spend a lot more effort on this (or get someone to do it, although that isn't always easy to do).
- jseliger 13y agosomeone to do it, although that isn't always easy to do Exactly. I am getting ready to self-publish and am facing this problem. So far this group: http://bookcoverexpress.com/about-book-cover-express.html http://bookcoverexpress.com/about-book-cover-express.html looks promising, but they don't list prices, which is seldom a good sign.