{"id":162,"date":"2015-11-22T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2015-11-30T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T04:08:03","slug":"quest-for-stories-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/quest-for-stories-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Q4S Part 2: CreateSpace: The Final Draft Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, we\u2019ll explore getting your novel into the beginning stages of mass distribution by leveraging CreateSpace <\/a>as your starting platform. This allows us to use CreateSpace\u2019s pre-formatted templates to make compiling your final draft into a publishable format a breeze. Then in future posts, we’ll use this final draft to create the eBook itself.<\/p>\n

Prerequisites<\/h1>\n

Before you can move on to this step in the publishing process, please ensure that:<\/p>\n

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  1. Your novel is in Final Draft (publishing draft), and in a format you can manipulate such as Microsoft Word. We will compile the novel into one publishable file in this post.<\/li>\n
  2. You have a CreateSpace account<\/a> set up with all the yucky tax, royalty, and ISBN items completed<\/a> that we talked about in the last post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Styling the Book<\/h1>\n

    Think of your book as a big paper doll to dress up: you’ll need to start with the undergarments of your novel: the page quality, colour, and trim.<\/p>\n

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    1. Log into your CreateSpace<\/a> account.<\/li>\n
    2. From the Member Dashboard (My Account –> Member Dashboard), open your book project. \"CS_Dashboard1\"<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Click on the \u201cInterior\u201d link under the \u201cSetup\u201d tab. \"CS_Interior0\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Here\u2019s where you will choose how the interior of your book is presented to the reader:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Choose your interior options<\/p><\/div>\n

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