FeedARead.com process

The Bastion on PinYourBook.com A great review from a UK reader

FeedARead.com process

I have just finished all of the steps involved to submit my book to the http://www.feedaread.com publishing site. FeedARead is a print on demand service similar to createspace.

I found the process to be quite simple. The guidelines for your interior were quite helpful as you can download a word doc with all of the correct margins and sizing in place. From there I just pasted in my book and adjusted it until I was happy.

Once the interior was approved I moved onto the cover creator. I found this step to be the best feature of the site. Compared to the creatspace cover creator, FeeARead’s was quite powerful, allowing me to make the cover exactly how I wanted it to look. On createspace the only way to 100% customize a cover was to calculate exactly how big the cover would be. I would have to take into account page count, page size and get everything perfect. On FeedARead the calculations and guidelines are set out for you online. They even automatically adjust any image you upload to fit. Createspace do have a decent template you can download, based on calculations of your book’s size.

So now I have completed all of the stages and am waiting on final approval which takes up to a few weeks. My only complaint so far is that the manufacturing costs of the book are a bit higher than createspace, but I think it’s worth it to be able to create the cover without the hassle of trying to get the correct measurements like on createspace. One great plus as an Australian author is that FeedARead do royalty payments via paypal. This is far easier than having to fill out IRS forms for the US createspace site and still only getting checks physically sent in the mail.

I also opted for the distribution package so the book will be available on amazon and other online stores. This is another great plus in my mind and it will be interesting to see what results come of it.

Below you can see a sample of the cover I was able to make with very little effort. I just used Photoshop to create a front cover and a backcover based on the dimensions that were calculated for my book size. This allowed me to have the same custom fonts from the ebook version of The Bastion. I also was able to make a spine cover, which I am excited to see in the final result.