Series: Self Publishing Book Cover Designs Part 4 of 4

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Series: Self Publishing Book Cover Designs Part 4 of 4

Series: Self Publishing Book Cover Designs Part 4 of 4

99 Designs

Step 13. Decide and pick a winner. Before you award the prize, make sure your designer is willing to work with you for free minor changes down the road as you get closer to publishing your book. I would make sure your designer is familiar with these sites before you select them. Most professional book cover designers will already know how to work with create space and kindle direct. If they don’t this is a red flag. If you feel confident get your final files from your designer. The great thing about 99designs you will always have access to the final work on this site.

To Add your cover to createspace you will need actual page numbers and you will not have this until your manuscript is done. I recommend you hire an editor freelancer from upwork. Mine cost .01 per word line edits. Total $350.00. I also hired someone for 75.00 freelancer from upwork to do the formatting & layout for createspace. After my book cover was finished it took less than six weeks to get my book published on amazon. I set milestones for the freelancers and gave a bonus if they finished early. Make sure you get them to sign a non disclosure agreement NDA because this is your work. If you go to amazon and look at the inside of my book. I decided to add my editors name because we both worked hard on the book product. You do not have to do this but I would recommend it. Every one needs a hand up sometimes. If you worked well together it can be a committed long term relationship.

Now its time to plan your launch party and market, market, market your product.

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amazon book cover

Check list of items.

Hardcover
Paperback
Trim size
Audio book
Kindle
Design files in PDF form without text.
Banner for website
PNG. TIF files only
RGB color
3d designs for marketing