Zero Angel
Auror
So I was the type that always wanted to do everything myself.
When I started getting geared up by the idea of publishing my own book, I started my company, purchased ten ISBNs and the bar code for my first novel, did proper formatting and typesetting, learned all about widows and orphans and justification and soft returns and proper indentation and all that, researched printers, requested quotes and the whole shebang.
Then reality set in and I realized I did not have the $1500-3000 investment for a traditional offset print job, nor the contacts/ability to distribute it myself, so this meant paying for a distributor, etc etc etc.
Anyway, I've finally decided that my life is too busy to do all this myself, so I am going the way of print-on-demand with CreateSpace.
Anything I should be aware of? Any tips? Have yins gone this route? Advice? Suggestions?
Luckily, I get to be the imprint since I own my own ISBNs already. And I already have it typeset. So that is nice too.
Specific question: is 6 by 9 cheaper than 5.5 by 8.5?
-_- I originally had mine typeset for 5.5 by 8.5 and would rather avoid having to re-typeset the whole thing (although I feel like a veteran at it now so this isn't an obstacle so much as a minor delay).
When I started getting geared up by the idea of publishing my own book, I started my company, purchased ten ISBNs and the bar code for my first novel, did proper formatting and typesetting, learned all about widows and orphans and justification and soft returns and proper indentation and all that, researched printers, requested quotes and the whole shebang.
Then reality set in and I realized I did not have the $1500-3000 investment for a traditional offset print job, nor the contacts/ability to distribute it myself, so this meant paying for a distributor, etc etc etc.
Anyway, I've finally decided that my life is too busy to do all this myself, so I am going the way of print-on-demand with CreateSpace.
Anything I should be aware of? Any tips? Have yins gone this route? Advice? Suggestions?
Luckily, I get to be the imprint since I own my own ISBNs already. And I already have it typeset. So that is nice too.
Specific question: is 6 by 9 cheaper than 5.5 by 8.5?
-_- I originally had mine typeset for 5.5 by 8.5 and would rather avoid having to re-typeset the whole thing (although I feel like a veteran at it now so this isn't an obstacle so much as a minor delay).