CreateSpace: Selfpublishing with Amazon

Choose a trim size and margins for your book, account for gutter and bleed, and use templates to align with printing options for a professional CreateSpace self-published edition.

Choose the correct submission formats for CreateSpace, ensure high-quality images at 300 dpi within trim size margins, embed fonts, and include copyright notice and ISBN.

Explore pricing a self-published book on Amazon by choosing color or black-and-white, page count, trim size, and distribution to cover costs and optimize royalties.

Navigate the title information setup in CreateSpace for Amazon self-publishing, entering title, subtitle, author, series options, language, and optional publication date, with progressive checks after each mask.

Learn how ISBNs identify your book with 13 digits, choose between an ISBN assigned by CreateSpace or providing your own, and understand why the ISBN cannot be changed after assignment.

Learn how to set up your book interior for Amazon, choosing color or black-and-white, paper type, and sizes, handling bleed, templates, and using the interior reviewer to finalize proofs.

Explore cover options for self-publishing: mapped vs glossy, and three paths—cover creator, professional design around $400, or uploading your own image—plus basic formatting tips and theme choices.

Design a print-ready cover in PowerPoint by calculating spine width, bleeds, and margins from page count and color, then convert units and save as a pdf for CreateSpace.

Complete the setup by uploading your manuscript and cover, then submit for review. After approval, print a proof or revise the title, content, or cover by re-submitting, with 24-hour handling.

Explore how to distribute your self-published book across multiple channels, enable expanded distribution and create space direct, and use channel selection to reach German, UK, French, and Spanish markets.

Learn how pricing decisions affect royalties and distribution for print (hardcover) and ebook formats, including whether to opt out of expanded distribution, set price points, and compare currencies.

De-selecting expanded distributions on CreateSpace lowers the minimum price. Euro and pound prices stay the same, but the dollar minimum drops to 24; opt out for cheaper English editions.

Learn to craft compelling book descriptions for CreateSpace and Amazon, optimize with keywords and phrases, and choose BISAC categories like self-help, personal growth, happiness, or success.

Order a proof copy from CreateSpace to review your book in digital or printed form, download the PDL proof, and evaluate cover and layout before publication.

The proof copy has arrived, and the creator highlights fast shipping options, checks for typos and graphic tweaks, and prepares to upload the final pdf and cover for Amazon self-publishing.

Complete the proof review, make minor amendments, and prepare a digital or print proof. Then approve to publish your book online as part of the Amazon self-publishing workflow.

After publishing on CreateSpace, you can publish your book on Kindle by clicking the blue button to submit files to KDP.

Coordinate pre-release marketing on Amazon by enlisting early readers to post reviews and encouraging purchases, then launch ads and buzz to push visibility during the first two weeks.

Create and optimize your amazon author central profile across markets. Add bio, photo, and video, list all books, and note that hyperlinked author names signal active profiles.

Learn how to join Amazon’s partner program and earn 5 percent of turnover by recommending your book, using text or image links to drive sales.