Making the Cover for Your Createspace Picture Book

Figuring out the size of the BMM Photo Book, 16.307" x 10.25"

In the second video for the Boston Media Makers paperback picture book we are going to make a book cover. Print covers include the back, spine, front and bleeds all around. In this video I show you how to set your book cover up using Adobe Indesign.


How to Make a Createspace Book Cover for the Boston Media Makers Book from Bruce Jones on Vimeo.

Resources:

The challenge will be held in the Facebook Group: How to Publish Your Book

Want access to all the templates, storyboards and video content, visit the companion course InDesign for Authors 

Post #1 The Picture Book Challenge, Create and Publish a Book on Amazon
Post #2 Start Collecting Your Images for the Picture Book Challenge
Post #3 Creating a Picture Book, Live Presentation

Connection and Learning

Bruce Jones is the author and creator of over 40 self-published books. 

If you want to learn how to create your own book visit Publishing Mastery 101 and see my courses: https://bruce-the-book-guy.usefedora.com/

Come over and join my Facebook Publishing Group, ask me questions, show your books. Great place to connect with authors and self-publishers

Join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowToPublishYourBook/

Create Your Own Picture Book, Live Presentation with Bruce Jones

I recently held a live presentation at the Boston Media Makers April get together on creating and publishing a picture book using PowerPoint and Kindle Create. I though this would make a good companion example of the Picture Book Challenge.


Creating a Picture Book Using PowerPoint and Kindle Create, Live Presentation by Bruce Jones from Bruce Jones on Vimeo.

Resources:

The challenge will be held in the Facebook Group: How to Publish Your Book

Want access to all the templates, storyboards and video content, visit the companion course InDesign for Authors 

Post #1 The Picture Book Challenge, Create and Publish a Book on Amazon
Post #2 Start Collecting Your Images for the Picture Book Challenge

Start Collecting Your Images for the Picture Book Challenge

The Picture Book Challenge is underway. The first step is to start collecting your images, photos, drawings, illustrations. Whatever you need to create your book. We are creating a 24-32 page book, so you probably need a few more than the number of pages. It all depends on how many images you will be putting on each page. You also want to start to edit down the photos to your best collection for the book.

Be sure to join the How to Publish Your Book Facebook group for the regular lessons, videos and any questions.
In the File area in the Facebook group is a free storyboard pdf so you can start to sketch out your book.


Collecting your Pictures for the Picture Book Challenge Video 2 from Bruce Jones on Vimeo.

Resources:

The challenge will be held in the Facebook Group: How to Publish Your Book

Want access to all the templates, storyboards and video content, visit the companion course InDesign for Authors 

Post #1 The Picture Book Challenge, Create and Publish a Book on Amazon


#PICTUREBOOKCHALLENGE

Connection and Learning

Bruce Jones is the author and creator of over 40 self-published books. 

If you want to learn how to create your own book visit Publishing Mastery 101 and see my courses: https://bruce-the-book-guy.usefedora.com/

Come over and join my Facebook Publishing Group, ask me questions, show your books. Great place to connect with authors and self-publishers

Join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowToPublishYourBook/

Picture Book Challenge, Create and Publish a Book on Amazon

We have begun. Start taking or collecting your graphic images, pictures, drawings, photos. I am running a picture book challenge where we will be creating and publishing a picture book on Amazon, print and Kindle.

We will be building a 32 page book because that is the standard size for a children's book, but you can do less. Min for print is 24 pages. There will be a variety of templates available in the course site.

The challenge will be taught with InDesign and be hosted on the How to Publish Your Book Facebook Group. There will also be a companion course as part of the InDesign for Authors course on PublishingMastery101.com. The companion course will hold all the templates, worksheets and video content for the challenge. For the challenge  you can use any program you want such as: InDesign, PowerPoint, Illustrator, Apple Pages, Google Slides, but we will be focusing on InDesign.





Introduction to the Picture Book Challenge Video 1 from Bruce Jones on Vimeo.


ROADMAP for the Challenge
• Collecting all your images, photos, illustrations, drawings, etc.
Added a story board pdf to help you design your book

• Processing images for print-300dpi and ebook 72-120dpi

• Setting up our InDesign print book templates, 3 sizes available

• Placing images and adding text, working with grids

• Editing and adjusting our designs

• Create a cover template

• Design and creation of our cover

• Creating a printed proof for review

• Final corrections

• Preparing our PDF print files, creating our ebook files using Kindle Create

• Uploading our books to CreateSpace and Kindle

• Ordering a printed proof, review, PUBLISH!!

• Marketing and launching our book

• Sharing our success

Resources:

The challenge will be held in the Facebook Group: How to Publish Your Book

Want access to all the templates, storyboards and video content, visit the companion course InDesign for Authors 

#PICTUREBOOKCHALLENGE

Connection and Learning
Bruce Jones is the author and creator of over 40 self-published books.

If you want to learn how to create your own book visit Publishing Mastery 101 and see my courses: https://bruce-the-book-guy.usefedora.com/

Come over and join my Facebook Publishing Group, ask me questions, show your books. Great place to connect with authors and self-publishers

Join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowToPublishYourBook/

The Road to AUM, by Sandra Powers Murphy, Un-boxing the Hard Cover Book

I help produce a new book recently called The Road to AUM by Sandra Powers Murphy. It is a marketing book for the financial services industry and asset growth. It was a cool project that covered pretty much all aspects of self-publishing. Not only did we do the paperback book using CreateSpace but we also did a hard cover with book jacket on IngramSpark and a Kindle e-book. Sandra also created an audio version and she is producing 12 workbooks to go along with the main book. All around we did it all. I love being able to do one action and then repurpose it for many other products.

Sandra works in the financial services area as a marketing and sales consultant. She is the founder and CEO of ARK Global LLC. This book celebrates 10 years of marketing and sales knowledge in helping firms look for money and market their services.

The Road to AUM in paperback and hard cover

Along with her book, Sandra also created an excellent author/book blog to help market it. Noble Ark Ventures.com. The website layout info on the book, resources, speaking opportunities, she is really taking advantage of all aspects of this book. The website builds out your backend for sales and the opportunities that having a book brings you. Your book may not be where most of your money comes from when you self-publish. It might come from the course your develop, consulting or speaking.

Author/Book website for The Road to AUM, https://www.noblearkventures.com/

The Road to AUM is a great example of all the different things you can do around one idea. The book was written using MS Word. I created the printed versions in Adobe Indesign then copied out the final text back into Word and used Kindle Create to create the e-book Kindle version. Sandra actually hired a recording studio to create the audio version which will use ACX.com from Amazon for hosting.

Sandra Power Murphy's book The Road to AUM is available on Amazon in paperback, hard cover, Kindle and Audio

Connection and Learning
Bruce Jones is the author and creator of over 40 self-published books.

If you want to learn how to create your own book visit Publishing Mastery 101 and see my courses: https://bruce-the-book-guy.usefedora.com/

Come over and join my Facebook Publishing Group, ask me questions, show your books. Great place to connect with authors and self-publishers
Join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowToPublishYourBook/

Learn How to Make a Picture Book Using PowerPoint and Kindle Create, Presentation by Bruce Jones

Had a lot of fun at the Boston Media Makers with Steve Garfield monthly meet-up this past Sunday, April 1, 2018 on how to make a picture book that you can sell on Kindle. I used PowerPoint to create the picture book, but you can really use any program that can create a pdf file. We created the pdf and used the new Kindle Create app from Amazon/Kindle to convert the file for publishing on Kindle. It was fun and got quite a few people excited about creating their own books.



Steve Garfield recorded the presentation live and hosted it on YouTube. The new Kindle Create is super easy to use and it is a fantastic program for publishing your pdf files. It also works great to create a regular book such as a novel or non-fiction.

Learn More:
Boston Media Makers
Kindle Create from Amazon for creating e-books

Bruce Jone is the author of over 40 books. His latest is I Want to Publish My Book But I Don't Know How. Takes you through all the steps for creating your own book

I Want to Publish My Book But I Don't Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Create an E-book or Print Book

Available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Want-Publish-Book-Dont-book/dp/1985322250/


Connection and Learning
Bruce Jones is the author and creator of over 40 self-published books.

If you want to learn how to create your own book visit Publishing Mastery 101 and see my courses: https://bruce-the-book-guy.usefedora.com/

Come over and join my Facebook Publishing Group, ask me questions, show your books. Great place to connect with authors and self-publishers
Join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowToPublishYourBook/