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Post by adrianallan on Dec 24, 2020 20:42:08 GMT
Firstly, many thanks for all the advice on how to make a cover the other week. I made one I am happy with and will post it below. I have placed the softback on global distribution. However, I am having issues getting the hardback to go global. It tells me on the "start" page that to get global distribution I need to make changes on the "design" page. However, on the design pages, all of the green icons indicate it is suitable for global distribution. I could try to contact Lulu but I have heard they are no longer very responsive, so I am asking here if anybody can help Happy Xmas   |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2020 20:56:41 GMT
Firstly, many thanks for all the advice on how to make a cover the other week. I made one I am happy with and will post it below. I have placed the softback on global distribution. However, I am having issues getting the hardback to go global. It tells me on the "start" page that to get global distribution I need to make changes on the "design" page. However, on the design pages, all of the green icons indicate it is suitable for global distribution. I could try to contact Lulu but I have heard they are no longer very responsive, so I am asking here if anybody can help Happy Xmas View AttachmentView AttachmentAdrian Allan, please don't use Lulu for hardcover. They made a huge mess of my hardcover books and took forever to figure out that they are in fact using Ingram Group (Ingram Spark) to print them but weren't using their templates. And your book will be $20 more because you are going through Lulu. Go to the source. The same one used by everyone for hardcover. Ingram Spark. Please. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2020 20:59:02 GMT
Firstly, many thanks for all the advice on how to make a cover the other week. I made one I am happy with and will post it below. I have placed the softback on global distribution. However, I am having issues getting the hardback to go global. It tells me on the "start" page that to get global distribution I need to make changes on the "design" page. However, on the design pages, all of the green icons indicate it is suitable for global distribution. I could try to contact Lulu but I have heard they are no longer very responsive, so I am asking here if anybody can help Happy Xmas View AttachmentView AttachmentMerry Christmas, and nice cover. Huge, huge difference in template for hardcover. Make a big black background, crop front and back, center separately, and shrink them. |
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Post by adrianallan on Dec 24, 2020 21:38:15 GMT
Firstly, many thanks for all the advice on how to make a cover the other week. I made one I am happy with and will post it below. I have placed the softback on global distribution. However, I am having issues getting the hardback to go global. It tells me on the "start" page that to get global distribution I need to make changes on the "design" page. However, on the design pages, all of the green icons indicate it is suitable for global distribution. I could try to contact Lulu but I have heard they are no longer very responsive, so I am asking here if anybody can help Happy Xmas View AttachmentView AttachmentMerry Christmas, and nice cover. Huge, huge difference in template for hardcover. Make a big black background, crop front and back, center separately, and shrink them. Hi Maggie - I am tempted to do it on Ingram. The only sticking point is that you need to have your own ISBN number. In terms of the wrap-around cover, I have already made on - I will receive a test copy sometime soon from Lulu. However, I hope that I will be able to use the same 6x9 print-ready PDF for the dustjacket on Ingram. Do you think that I will be able to do that if I choose 6x9 linen wrap on Ingram? Again, I am posting below - but this time it is a jpeg of the PDF not the finished product  |
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Post by potet on Dec 24, 2020 22:57:18 GMT
As a French author, I noticed my hardcover books are no longer manufactured in France, but either in the Netherlands or a third country with the Netherlands being used as a hub. The problem is that the new manufacturer's products are too stiff. My paternal grandparents' biography - a private publication - used to be in two hardcover volumes with jacket. Because of the change, the new edition is softcover. The jacket :  The softbound cover:  |
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Post by adrianallan on Dec 24, 2020 23:31:12 GMT
As a French author, I noticed my hardcover books are no longer manufactured in France, but either in the Netherlands or a third country with the Netherlands being used as a hub. The problem is that the new manufacturer's products are too stiff. My paternal grandparents' biography - a private publication - used to be in two hardcover volumes with jacket. Because of the change, the new edition is softcover. The jacket : View AttachmentThe softbound cover: View AttachmentVery nice cover design; well done. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 6:58:38 GMT
Merry Christmas, and nice cover. Huge, huge difference in template for hardcover. Make a big black background, crop front and back, center separately, and shrink them. Hi Maggie - I am tempted to do it on Ingram. The only sticking point is that you need to have your own ISBN number. In terms of the wrap-around cover, I have already made on - I will receive a test copy sometime soon from Lulu. However, I hope that I will be able to use the same 6x9 print-ready PDF for the dustjacket on Ingram. Do you think that I will be able to do that if I choose 6x9 linen wrap on Ingram? Again, I am posting below - but this time it is a jpeg of the PDF not the finished product View AttachmentYou do not need to have your own ISBN for Ingram Spark. They have a dropdown menu now where you can select their ISBN. Use them. You will not regret it. $49 for a tiny book? What? I felt stupid for using Lulu for so many years. |
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Post by adrianallan on Dec 25, 2020 7:22:12 GMT
You do not need to have your own ISBN for Ingram Spark. They have a dropdown menu now where you can select their ISBN. Use them. You will not regret it. $49 for a tiny book? What? I felt stupid for using Lulu for so many years. Hi Maggie Merry Xmas and thanks for your advice. I registered with Ingram Spark last night. What I meant is that you need to purchase an ISBN from them - that correct, isn't it? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 9:14:45 GMT
Promo code for Ingramsparks until Dec.31 2020 FREE2020
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Post by adrianallan on Dec 25, 2020 9:57:00 GMT
Promo code for Ingramsparks until Dec.31 2020 FREE2020 Great - does that waive the £49 publishing fee? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 14:50:48 GMT
You do not need to have your own ISBN for Ingram Spark. They have a dropdown menu now where you can select their ISBN. Use them. You will not regret it. $49 for a tiny book? What? I felt stupid for using Lulu for so many years. Hi Maggie Merry Xmas and thanks for your advice. I registered with Ingram Spark last night. What I meant is that you need to purchase an ISBN from them - that correct, isn't it? Thank you. No, all same options as Lulu. Free, theirs, or your own. Or nothing, no distribution. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 14:51:08 GMT
Promo code for Ingramsparks until Dec.31 2020 FREE2020 Great - does that waive the £49 publishing fee? Yes it waives all fees. |
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Post by adrianallan on Dec 25, 2020 23:15:05 GMT
Thanks, Larika and Maggie
I have made an Ingram account and let you know how I get on with moving the hardback over to Ingram.
This latest book will probably (hopefully) be my biggest seller, so it is important that I get it right.
Will keep you updated - which may also help anybody else who is interested in making the switch.
Although I love the quality of Lulu's books, like many other people, they've let me down in a really big way over the past six months.
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Post by benziger on Dec 26, 2020 0:00:01 GMT
Yes, the code waves all fees, but if you use the code, you cannot have a free ISBN
Upload your book for free with promo code* FREE2020 (all caps, no spaces).
*Offer not valid on previously submitted titles; code must be used at time of set up! Good for up to 10 titles per account. Not available with use of a free ISBN.
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Post by benziger on Dec 26, 2020 0:13:03 GMT
used to be in two hardcover volumes with jacket. Because of the change, the new edition is softcover. Sans être lécteur ciblé de l'oeuvre, je me permets d'y répondre ce qui me vient en tête: la question de savoir s'il y a ou non un rabat est, bien sûr, une question d'esthétique. Mais ce qui m'a immédiatement frappé, ce sont les différents dos, ce qui n'est pas techniquement explicable. Une fois très professionnel avec une courte biographie de l'auteur et un texte qui vous invite à poursuivre la lecture. L'autre fois, c'est un peu arbitraire, qui rappelle davantage les livres de photos compilés sur l'ordinateur soit-même; la multitude d'images de tailles différentes étouffe presque l'auteur et sa biographie, les poussant hors du livre. Le premier livre, je préférerais le prendre sept fois, non pas à cause de la qualité supérieure de la couverture, mais parce que le dos est beaucoup plus attrayant pour moi.
For our friends not speaking la plus belle des langues: I'll take the liberty of answering you off the cuff: Whether it has a cover with a flap or not is of course an aesthetic question. But what immediately caught my eye are the different back covers, which cannot be explained technically. One is very professional with a short biography of the author and a blurb that invites you to read on. The other time somewhat arbitrary, more reminiscent of photo books compiled on the computer. The multitude of differently sized pictures almost smother the author and biography and push them out of the top of the book. I would prefer to pick up the first book seven times, not because of the higher quality cover, but because of the much more appealing back cover.
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