FISHING
USE STORE TO CREATE & SELL BOOKS
   How it works
   Marketing techniques
SELECT BOOK GENRE OR MARKET
   "Personality" of book
   Usage dictates binding
FINALIZE BOOK MANUSCRIPT
   Sections of a book
   Covers & spine
   Front matter
   Body text
   Back matter
BOOK LAYOUT, MARGINS, IMAGES
   Typefaces & font sizes
   Pagination, headers/footers
   Setting margins
   Wire-O margins
   Outside & inside margins
   Inserted images
SELECT BOOK SIZE & BINDING
   Types of binding
   Book sizes available
   Paper color & weight
   Uploadable file formats
   Pricing
CREATE PDF FILE
   Recommended software
   Create custom sizes
   Embedding fonts
   PDF checklist
   PDFHelp
DESIGN BOOK COVERS
   Use cover templates
   Back cover treatment
   Image sizes, bleed & safety zones
   Designing spines
   Image formats
   Cover font sizes
   ISBN + bar code
   Cover checklist
UPLOAD PDF & COVERS
   Media basket
   Document basket
   Image basket

FOR THE FUTURE AFTER WE GET YOU STARTED AND YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE BOOK CONTENT

Upload PDF & Covers

Finally, here's where you put it all together and start marketing and selling your book. Be sure to get some copies printed for friends and family.

Media basket

Your media basket holds all the items that you need to produce your book (and perhaps create book-related merchandise). By having all images in a basket, you can add them to multiple products and easily view them all at once. Note: Media not used on books or related merchandise products will be removed periodically. Make sure you keep copies of the originals!

Document basket

This basket will contain your manuscript document in PDF format after you've successfully uploaded it. Remember, PDF uploads are currently limited to 100MB. If your PDF is larger, you can reduce its size by compressing any embedded images or switching images from JPEG to PNG format.

To add your PDF file to this folder, click the '"Add Document" button.

Image basket

Upload your book's front, back and vertical spine covers to the Image Basket for later attachment" to the book PDF file. Click the "browse" button to locate each cover image file on your computer. Many file types are accepted, but we recommend JPG and PNG.

Please note that all images must have a minimum height and width of 200 pixels and should be in RGB color format (not CMYK).

Click "Upload" to send images to our site. It might take some time depending on the size of each file and your Internet connection speed. Be patient!

Having trouble uploading an image? You might find needed assistance by reviewing Cafepress.com Image Upload FAQ.

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