Paper Tiger | Fixing my new author mistakes and uploading revisions to IngramSpark and KDP | Livestream Highlights @PaperTigerProductions | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 51 minutes ago.
Watch me fix the new author mistakes I made in the front and back matter sections of my children's picture book in Scribus, create print ready PDFs that comply with IngramSpark and KDP's guidelines, and upload the revised interior files to IngramSpark and Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).
In this highlights video of my livestream, I cover:
- doing an analysis of comparable titles to see how they do their front and back matter (and how I screwed up the front matter and back matter for my first book by not doing this research)
- the differences in interior file requirements for IngramSpark and KDP (and whether you can/should use the same interior file for both)
- pre-flight error checks in Scribus when exporting print ready PDF files for IngramSpark and KDP (including how to avoid common IngramSpark validation errors)
- using QR codes and URL tracking services to collect data about where your traffic is coming from
- a brief discussion of the laws around giveaways
I made so many mistakes with my front matter and back matter sections of my book as a new self-published author, so it was time to fix them in this livestream.
// JUMP TO
0:00 Introduction
0:30 My original basis for doing my front/back matter
1:24 What I currently have as front/back matter
2:13 When do you need a new ISBN?
4:32 Putting QR codes and links in your front/back matter
13:09 Analyzing comparable titles and learning from what they have done
17:24 Me, realizing I messed up my first book
18:03 Trying to figure out how to fix it
22:01 Final checks before exporting a print ready PDF
25:41 Uploading revised files to IngramSpark
31:06 Creating the interior file for Amazon KDP
31:53 Why you should NOT use the same interior file for IngramSpark and KDP
34:29 Uploading revised files to Kindle Direct Publishing
35:28 Evaluating the updated front/back matter sections
36:27 Back to uploading my revised interior file to KDP
37:03 KDP vs IngramSpark proof copies
40:00 My thoughts on optimizing the book formatting process
41:55 Planning a giveaway - initial thoughts
49:30 Wrap up & the next livestream
If you want to see the whole process, check out the full replay of my livestream here: youtu.be/IKjp2h34DUU
// THIS WEEK'S AGENDA
1. Revise back matter (because my original back matter was written with zero marketing in mind, so I should probably fix that too since I'm going to be submitted revised files to KDP and IngramSpark)
2. Upload revised files to IngramSpark and KDP
3. Plan giveaway (because I screwed up my launch marketing so I kinda need to up the ante here)
The plan is to knock out one of these tasks per hour...let's see how we go!
Spoilers: Yeah, I did not make it through the full list either! Planning the giveaway is going to have to wait until next week's livestream. Head over to youtu.be/zuGyhmnL3OI and make sure you hit "Set notification" to get an alert when I go live.
#selfpublishing #authortube #livestream
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story book for kids aged 2-6:
→ bit.ly/3cmpHqz
Last week's livestream, where you can watch me format a children's book in real-time using Scribus, an open source alternative to Adobe InDesign:
Full replay → youtu.be/QQFxZ2MqRpo
Highlights → youtu.be/Kao04Evr-Mc
Scribus, an open source free alternative to InDesign for desktop publishing:
Download → scribus.net
Watch me fix the new author mistakes I made in the front and back matter sections of my children's picture book in Scribus, create print ready PDFs that comply with IngramSpark and KDP's guidelines, and upload the revised interior files to IngramSpark and Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).
In this highlights video of my livestream, I cover:
- doing an analysis of comparable titles to see how they do their front and back matter (and how I screwed up the front matter and back matter for my first book by not doing this research)
- the differences in interior file requirements for IngramSpark and KDP (and whether you can/should use the same interior file for both)
- pre-flight error checks in Scribus when exporting print ready PDF files for IngramSpark and KDP (including how to avoid common IngramSpark validation errors)
- using QR codes and URL tracking services to collect data about where your traffic is coming from
- a brief discussion of the laws around giveaways
I made so many mistakes with my front matter and back matter sections of my book as a new self-published author, so it was time to fix them in this livestream.
// JUMP TO
0:00 Introduction
0:30 My original basis for doing my front/back matter
1:24 What I currently have as front/back matter
2:13 When do you need a new ISBN?
4:32 Putting QR codes and links in your front/back matter
13:09 Analyzing comparable titles and learning from what they have done
17:24 Me, realizing I messed up my first book
18:03 Trying to figure out how to fix it
22:01 Final checks before exporting a print ready PDF
25:41 Uploading revised files to IngramSpark
31:06 Creating the interior file for Amazon KDP
31:53 Why you should NOT use the same interior file for IngramSpark and KDP
34:29 Uploading revised files to Kindle Direct Publishing
35:28 Evaluating the updated front/back matter sections
36:27 Back to uploading my revised interior file to KDP
37:03 KDP vs IngramSpark proof copies
40:00 My thoughts on optimizing the book formatting process
41:55 Planning a giveaway - initial thoughts
49:30 Wrap up & the next livestream
If you want to see the whole process, check out the full replay of my livestream here: youtu.be/IKjp2h34DUU
// THIS WEEK'S AGENDA
1. Revise back matter (because my original back matter was written with zero marketing in mind, so I should probably fix that too since I'm going to be submitted revised files to KDP and IngramSpark)
2. Upload revised files to IngramSpark and KDP
3. Plan giveaway (because I screwed up my launch marketing so I kinda need to up the ante here)
The plan is to knock out one of these tasks per hour...let's see how we go!
Spoilers: Yeah, I did not make it through the full list either! Planning the giveaway is going to have to wait until next week's livestream. Head over to youtu.be/zuGyhmnL3OI and make sure you hit "Set notification" to get an alert when I go live.
#selfpublishing #authortube #livestream
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story book for kids aged 2-6:
→ bit.ly/3cmpHqz
Last week's livestream, where you can watch me format a children's book in real-time using Scribus, an open source alternative to Adobe InDesign:
Full replay → youtu.be/QQFxZ2MqRpo
Highlights → youtu.be/Kao04Evr-Mc
Scribus, an open source free alternative to InDesign for desktop publishing:
Download → scribus.net
