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ref.: Which cover is best?
How odd, this is clicked as Answered, but when one opens the thread, it is not!
ref.: Which cover is best?
They are a bit too small to judge, really. I do not like the one where she has two heads though!
I am just looking at your original cover http://www.lulu.com/shop/elizabeth-keimach/the-pig-child/paperback/product-22825362.html and even with the image large it's hard to tell it's not just a normal human child.
ref.: What Type and size font should be used for 6 by 9 trade paperback
Anything over 12 point will look like an elementary school primer. Fonts vary a lot in how big they look: Georgia looks huge, Arno looks wee even if both are 12 point.
To me, fonts look a lot smaller on screen than on paper. Print out a few sample pages and trim them to 6x9. Compare your sample with a few books that you think look good.
To me, fonts look a lot smaller on screen than on paper. Print out a few sample pages and trim them to 6x9. Compare your sample with a few books that you think look good.
ref.: What Type and size font should be used for 6 by 9 trade paperback
Note that point for point fonts are not exactly all the same size. Like Ron I use 12pnt Garamond, which should suit most readers.
ref.: What Type and size font should be used for 6 by 9 trade paperback
I would go no less than 12 point and possibly 14. Garamond is a great font.
Italics sometimes seem to shrink slightly, rendering text less readable, so it is not always a bad idea to increase italics by one size over plain text.
If Garamond is not available or is not to your liking, Bookman Old Style is good, and Times New Roman is also acceptable. Avoid sans serif fonts.
Also, full justification is extremely highly recommended.
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ref.: What Type and size font should be used for 6 by 9 trade paperback
11 or 12 point is a good size. Times New Roman or Garamond are good, standard text faces (I use the latter exclusively).
ref.: Why. Why, Why? Please tell me
Hi Larren. You control the distribution of your book in your Lulu account settings. You can have it for sale only on Lulu, or select wider distribution, which includes many other vendors like Amazon, Bookdepository.com and Booksplease. These vendors will advertise your book using the info you provided to Lulu. If they sell a copy you'll get a royalty. I believe all Lulu-affiliated vendors are respectable and dutifully report any sales. What's the author name? I'll poke around to make sure everything looks legit.
ref.: Why. Why, Why? Please tell me
On the odd occasion, primary retailers and some third party vendors will have copies, either printed in-house (or by their own print-partners), or procured at wholesale. They do this for a variety of reasons; sometimes it's because they believe the book has enough promise to guarantee sales, sometimes it's reasons for their own which befuddle everyone else. It's not a sale though, no royalties are due just because they have these, it's when they sell them on that the royalties are due. This situation can sometimes look as if there's been unlawful printing / procurement, but it isn't; it's just one of those things, as they say. Not a problem 99% of the time, it's when you want to remove the book from distro that a problem can arise. Some sellers refuse to delist and only promise to do so when their physical stock has finally sold. I got clobbered by this some time back and to this day, defunkt editions, by anyone's standards, are still listed here and there.
