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Book Covers: Paper Stock and Cover Finishes

By John Kremer on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 | Comments Off

Question: It is probably too late to get the desired paper stock and cover finish for my book, as it’s already with the printer. However, I have been trying all year to find out the specs for any of a handful of titles that I particularly admire. This has become an obsession. My book designer [...]

Who’s Holding Your Book Hostage? Not the Book Cover Designer

By John Kremer on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 | Comments Off

This is a promotional video for our new companion website, AskTheCoverDesigner.com, which features articles and answers covering book covers, book titles, typesetting, layout, and book design. We’ve uploaded it to YouTube and added it to a few of our other Ask websites (links to the other Ask websites are at the bottom left of any [...]

Book Printer Video: Ask The Book Printer.com

By John Kremer on Thursday, April 7th, 2011 | Comments Off

Here’s a short video we had made for us to promote this new website: AskTheBookPrinter.com. It cost us $5.00 via Fiverr.com. The person completed the task within a day. Neat service. Headline: Stop playing around: AskTheBookPrinter.com. Related Posts:Print-on-Demand: Lightning SourceBook Printing News: March 2012Book Covers: Paper Stock and Cover FinishesWho’s Holding Your Book Hostage? Not [...]

Print-on-Demand: Lightning Source

By John Kremer on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 | Comments Off

Question: I currently have one book being distributed by a distributor and I am about to publish a second. I don’t believe I will be going with the distributor again. I am wondering what you think about Lightning Source for POD and distribution to Ingram and Amazon? I’m asking because, things are changing so rapidly in [...]