Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Publishing Lessons Learned 2

Proper format is everything...  Sigh.  I have tried to upload a POD cover for The Ghost Downs three times now. Hope the third time is a charm...  I got a note on the first upload that I messed up the spine width...  I used the template - but somehow got it wrong.  I was very careful in the spine width on the second upload - but it got kicked back with a "general format error" kind of message. Poking around, looks like I didn't leave room on the back for the ISBN.  I MEANT to... but I didn't... Crossing my fingers...

The frustrations of being a one-man show are legion - but this appears to just be inattention on my part.  I forget that POD needs a barcode so I lay out the cover like I would for PDF - trying to get the elements in pleasing balance...

If this was my job, I should be fired... But it's a hobby.  As frustrating as this whole cover thing has been, I've learned a lot and I'm enjoying the process (does that sound contradictory?  Maybe it is...)

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