If you are using this calculator to help you calculate postage costs of a book please remember to add the weight of any packing materials to our result. Yes, the postage is an issue, but with a 70% royalty option, theres enough money in the pot to reduce the price accordingly to make the book more. Jacketed case laminate pages glued to hardcover at ends with the option to design what prints on the cover beneath the jacket. Createspace specializes in enabling authors to move their unformatted manuscripts to a final format that is ready to be printed as a published book. Alternatively, use the following formula to calculate your page width and height. How self published authors get paid for paperback sales. Calculate your weight on other planets mercury, mars, venus, saturn, pluto, jupiter, and more. For example, a trim size of 6 x 9 means the printed book will be six inches wide by nine inches.
Use our handy calculator to work out the weight of your book. Createspace is a great way to reach readers around the world for little cost, however for those of you who might be in smaller countries it still might be best for local distribution to use a local printer to handle your local bookprinting requirements and use createspace to reach everywhere else. Createspace is a webbased service that provides selfpublishing services to authors. Spine width calculator and book sizes printondemand. Bookbaby offers both hardcover and softcover book options. The gutter margin stops text from extending into the binding. In this article, ill go through why you should selfpublish in print, the use of printondemand vs doing a print run, which printondemand companies are recommended, the files and information that youll need to print, how to use kdp print and ingram spark and where to get more help if you want a company to do the work for you. Paperback book weight calculator biddles book printing. Goodreads authorsreaders meet your next favorite book. Well calculate your page count based on your manuscript file, rounding up to an. The createspace publishing checklist how to save time. Createspace is amazons printondemand subsidiary and they offer one of the most competitively priced pod services in the industry but of course it isnt as simple as dollars and cents. How to calculate kdp print costs plus an online calculator. There are often optional costs that vendors entice us to buy and the time investment to learn how to do something.
Invaluable createspace cover template calculator by deborah s. Authors who understand the benefits of the printondemand process and have opted to use the amazonowned company, createspace, to handle the printing and shipping of their paperback title, might at some point need a large quantity of the paperback, printed and shipped to a certain physical location. Createspaces margin requirements ensure that your content is not cut on the outside edge and is not lost in the inside edge or gutter. If your client does not yet have a barcode, you can reserve a 2 x 1. This page displays the approximate weight and thickness of a book, given its specs. Picking the right trim size in createspace killer book.
Select the dimensions of your book from this list, or type in the dimensions. Standard book sizes custom book binding book trim sizes. Custom hardcover books can also be covered with a dust jacket, a removable paper cover used to protect a book from dirt or damage. Keep the type and elements that you dont want trimmed off at least 38. We now offer specialized options for your different publishing needs. Number of text pages height of book mm width of book mm paper weight gsm if you are using this calculator to help you calculate postage costs of a book please remember to add the weight of any packing materials to our result. Also updated createspace pro pricing for color books. Many aspects of the selfpublishing process can be intimidating and confusing, especially the first time you do them. Because i design picture books and need options before i design, not after. Todays indepth comparison of the two major printondemand platforms, createspace vs kdp print, is brought to you by the talented, wellconnected and sassy gundi gabrielle, who is a bestselling author and a blogger of her global traveling adventures. This tool creates cover template files in pdf and png, and optionally idml, sla and odg formats. Despite the lower weight, it doesnt allow printing on the back of the paper to show through. Ordering copies of your own title from createspace are termed member orders. Spine width calculator and book sizes explained our spine width calculator is designed to help you understand what spine width your book will require.
This way, when the book is trimmed to size, the image will reach all the way to the edge. The price to book value ratio pb formula is also referred to as a market to book ratio and measures the proportion between the market price for a share and the book value per share. This margin is near the books binding the middle of an open book. Createspace presents you with a large table of trim sizes in inches. Using both createspace now kdp and ingramspark for. Minimum list price cs fixed charge plus a charge per page, amazon charge, and expanded distribution charge. Every printed book requires an isbn barcode in the book cover design. Fitindex bluetooth body fat scale, smart wireless bmi bathroom weight scale body composition monitor health analyzer with smartphone app for body weight, fat, water, bmi, bmr, muscle mass white 4. Choose your paper type and the number of pages your book will include and our easy to use spine calculator will work out the size your spine needs to be.
The dimensions from the spine calculator include a 18. Nelson, authorbook coachspeaker one of the first things i do, and one of the first things i suggest all my writerclients do, is to create a book cover right away. But the main reason to consider using both is your books stock status on amazon. Please provide feedback by weighing or measuring your actual book, and let me know if the calculations here are off. A stepbystep guide to book publishing with createspace.
For help calculating your book dimensions, try our calculator. You might want to bookmark this page for future reference if you plan to publish with createspace. Your book is a 333page paperback with black ink sold through expanded distribution channels. On the other hand, lightningsource ls uses slightly lower weight paper around 72gsm. The thickness of your book projects spine is determined by a combination of your projects page count, paper stock and cover choice. Amazon renamed the operation and expanded its base to include book publishing. The full table is located here but here are the main industry standard sizes for black and white books. You can now manage your createspace content on amazons improved publishing services. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Incorporated separate createspace comparison, redesigned. After your createspace books move to kdp, your sales will be tracked in your kdp reports. Login to get started with kindle direct publishing, manufacturing on demand, or print on demand for publishers. Selfpublishing tools free selfpublishing resources for. The weighted average x is equal to the sum of the product of the weight w i times the data number x i divided by the sum of the weights. A calculator that figures royalty amounts for lulu, and one that compares lulu pricing with createspace pricing. Create a template for your book cover design, with email. Youll also need printer specifications, including paper weight and cover paper weight. Book weight calculator book printing fast book printing. The best solution is to simply ask the printer for a formula to calculate spine width based on your books page count. Createspaces per book printing cost is a little lower than ingramspark, so your cost per book is less. How to format your book for createspace updated 121016 i get a lot of formatting questions, so i thought id put it all down in one place. Many of our customers find this helpful when setting up the artwork for their book covers. What file formats does amazon createspace accept for books.
There is a daily limit to how many you can get for free, as we have made this available to assist selfpublishers. Corrected some prices by comparing results to lulu book cost calculator. Since then, createspace has added audiobook publishing and other services to its offerings. Your books description, combined with the cover and title of your book will make or break your sales.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Once the book is bound, it gets trimmed, and at this stage the 18 bleed is trimmed off. I am a selfpublished author using createspace to pint my books and. To get the official isbn barcode, you will need to contact your client. This article, written by lyn horner, guides us stepbystep through the process of publishing a book with createspace. Here is the link to a book cost calculator, courtesy of createspace, the selfpublishing company owned by amazon we will be publishing your paperback book. If you need help deciding what paper type to print on check out our guide, or get in touch if you have any questions. Price to book value formula how to calculate pb ratio. Both our hardcover and softcover books come in all standard book sizes. Weight calculated using the planets gravity and your earth weight. How much does it cost to produce a printondemand book.
I am professional on kindle and createspace interior book design and formatting. Please enter the details of your book in the boxes below. If you are selfpublishing, you are likely using a print on demand solution such as createspace or lightening source ingram. Many authors have reported that their book often shows up as temporarily out.
There is a 24page count minimum for our hard case bindings. Use this tool to determine how much you will pay to print and ship orders directly to yourself or to your customers. This form estimates the weight of a book based on paper selection, page count, page size, and binding. Createspace started around 2002 as a dvdondemand company, called customflix, and was acquired by amazon in 2005. Printing papers vary widely and you can choose different weights, colors. Createspace cover template book cover design selfpublish.
The spine width plays heavily into how you should set up things like your hardcover design, softcover design, or dust jacket. Within limits, the author can set the books price, know as the authors list price. What are the main paperback and hardback book sizes to choose from. Use createspaces word templates to set up your own files. How to use createspaces book cost calculator a column. The actual speed ratings chart alone, might be enough to blow your mind. The way you do this is to increase your page size and then ensure that the image extends beyond the trim line. I always found the createspace royalty calculator online to be nearly useless.
Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what. Between varying the size of the book, the size of the books page margins, the size of the books font, the style of the books font if that can be specified, and other variables, i dont have any idea how many createspace pages ill end up with, and i cant see how any firsttime user would be able to arrive at an informed answer. You are right on the mark in terms of the paper weight for createspace cs. Perfect bound pages and paperback cover glued together at spine saddle stitch pages and paperback cover stapled together along spine, one inside the other 48 pages max and premium color only.
If you ever published a kindle book on the most popular book publishing site amazon, chances are you also created or contemplated a print. Ingramspark print book options customize your self. Find the weighted average of class grades with equal weight 70,70,80,80,80,90. Use this tool to determine the weight and spine width of your print titles. Book sizes 101 how to choose your hardback or paperback book. Although its free, word is not the right software to set a book up for print. Kdp help tells you how to calculate the estimated printing costs. Use this spine width calculator to get an approximate. How do page count and paper weight determine the spine width.