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taggie01
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Has anyone yet tried to publish with Feedaread? I have just uploaded the text (accepted) and tried to upload my professionally designed cover and they want it broken down to front cover, back cover, spine, text for front, text for back etc. This requires more financial outlay for the me and the designer actually laughed (and not in a good way) when she read Feedaread's demand. Quote: YouWriteOn From youwriteon: Hi Taggie, we've added this here. The all in one cover received via your designer was the incorrect size - over 13.8 inches wide and over 9.3 inch high instead of 9.25 high x 12.894 wide. This is an example of why the cover creation system works as it does when incorrectly sized covers are received, including from cover designers. The all in one cover received via your designer would have been rejected by the printers. If the cover had been uploaded in parts - front, back and spine, it would have been sized correctly by our system as all covers received so far have been as our system automatically sizes correctly according to page count. The author would have seen if this were satisfactory before publishing given the required resizing of the incorrectly sized cover received. It probably takes about ten minutes or less for an experienced cover designer to edit and save a cover as separate front, back and spine images. From experience, because it is an area of expertise, the overwhelming majority of cover images received from authors over the years are not the correct size, and also many from cover designers have not been either. That's fine, we work with this to assist, and this is why our system is set up as it is to resize incorrectly received files. In some instances cover designers have not queried page count for spine size, "bleed area" or sometimes even book size. A professional cover designer will always query these aspects for an individual book as it is their responsibility to design and size correctly for an individual book if contracted by an author The book, A Thousand Glass Flowers, has already had its cover on Amazon Kindle and has attracted comment for the design. In addition the book has consistently secured Top 100 ranking for its category since being e-published in late August. When my previous titles were print-published with YWO.com, there was NOTHING like this ridiculous procedure to follow. I have sent an email to the Team @Feedaread as well as copying it to Ted. Dear Team,
By now, you will have received an email from my cover designer, trying to cut through the odd detail Feedaread demand.
I'm so disappointed with what you are asking. I spent a lot of money on getting a professional cover designed and one which has already been on Amazon since August as an e-book. It is my brand and the book's brand and it was so easy to upload to Amazon Kindle and in addition has attracted wide attention for the design. You are basically asking me to pay out more money to the designer to have her break down the design which she has already incorporated in the correct specs, to fit some odd system of your own making.
This didn't happen with YWO.com. With each of my titles, my professionally designed covers were completed to the specs required and uploaded with no problems. I'm sorry, but I don't consider this user-friendly unless I purchase one of your generic covers... something I definitely won't do.
At this point, I am borderline not going to print with Feedaread and looking for other POD deals online.
Disheartening to say the least.
Prue Batten
Anyone care to comment on what they've been through?
This post was last edited by YouWriteOn, 26 Nov 2011, 12:33
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sulcus
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Pru, surely any POD paper book demands a back cover and spine design? I know mine did and my designer designed all 3 for me. E-Books only require a front cover which also doubles up as the thumbnail for online shopping and clicking on.
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
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pam1234writing
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Pru, I just published always On My mind to paperback, waiting for the first copy. My cover designer Jane loaded the cover directly with no problems at all. Didn't cause her anymore work than she'd already done. She also loaded Johny's Vee's Kimi's Secret and that was okay too. Hope you get it sorted. 
"And, in the end, the love you take / Is equal to the love you make." Lennon and McCartney 1969 Three Steps to Heaven 'Til I Kissed You Always On My Mind A rock'n'roll romance series by Pam Howes all available on Amazon in paperback and e-Books. Visit my website for details. Fast Movin' Train - A stand alone love story. Amazon links on: website
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taggie01
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@Sulcus, and @Pam: Designer designed front, back and spine perfectly with text, image etc and what's more measured it to width required for text length. In other words: PERFECT! And they asked her to break it down to individual components! Odd! I am so over this.
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pam1234writing
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Quote: taggie01, Friday, 25 Nov 2011 09:27@Sulcus, and @Pam: Designer designed front, back and spine perfectly with text, image etc and what's more measured it to width required for text length. In other words: PERFECT! And they asked her to break it down to individual components! Odd! I am so over this. Jane mentioned it had to be broken into three, but said it wasn't really a problem. Can your designer not just do it for you as a favour?
"And, in the end, the love you take / Is equal to the love you make." Lennon and McCartney 1969 Three Steps to Heaven 'Til I Kissed You Always On My Mind A rock'n'roll romance series by Pam Howes all available on Amazon in paperback and e-Books. Visit my website for details. Fast Movin' Train - A stand alone love story. Amazon links on: website
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YouWriteOn
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Hi Taggie I received a copy of the mail. You've been invited to send your all in one cover pdf if you wish. The reason for how feedaread sizes covers is as the feedaread team emailed, which they copied me into. The majority of authors with their own images, and also a large amount of all in one covers that have been received from designers over the years, do not fit the exact measurements for authors page counts and spine widths. For example, some designers have not queried with publishers or authors the page count to ascertain spine width, or any other specifications including bleed area. Even book size in some cases. As the team at feedaread mentioned, the feedaread system has worked very well to avoid this issue as it sizes to exact page counts to assist authors where they are not able to size correctly, or in those cases where they have covers designed for all in one covers externally which do not fit their book size, which has happened frequently. Authors have been feeding back that they are very pleased with how the system works in respect of their images in this regard, and with the service provided. If an all in one cover is uploaded, and is designed to the wrong size, then a system sizing to correct size will usually not work, as the covers dimensions will be out and, for example, you might end up with elements of the cover, such as the spine, off-centre. If you upload in parts, spine, front, back, then usually unless a design is completely off, the system will correct to the correct size and each part of the cover will be in its intended place. We are sure your designer is experienced so this is why you have been invited to send an all in one cover. We're locking this topic, what can happens on forums is that there can be a lot of out-of-context discussion, for example, in story terms here this can relate to a review or a story. Or here it can relate to an out-of-context situation for how the practicalities of covers and sizing actually work. In the same way that we respect members with regard to this, we also respect the feedaread team who work very hard. Authors have been feeding back as above that they are very pleased with the service provided, and I need to respect that in a similar regard.
This post was last edited by YouWriteOn, 25 Nov 2011, 12:27
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Hi Taggie, as a postscript to this, see our post above, the all in one cover received via your designer was the incorrect size - over 13.8 inches wide and over 9.3 inch high instead of 9.25 high x 12.894 wide. This is an example of why the cover creation system works as it does when incorrectly sized covers are received, including from cover designers. The all in one cover received would have been rejected by the printers. If the cover had been uploaded in parts - front, back and spine, it would have been sized correctly by the system as all covers received so far have been as our system automatically sizes correctly according to page count. The author would have seen if this were satisfactory before publishing given the required resizing of the incorrectly sized cover received. It probably takes about ten minutes or less for an experienced cover designer to edit and save a cover as separate front, back and spine images. From experience, because it is an area of expertise, the overwhelming majority of cover images received from authors over the years are not the correct size, and also many from cover designers have not been either. That's fine, we work with this and this is why the system is set up as it is. In some instances cover designers have not queried page count for spine size, "bleed area" or sometimes even book size. A professional cover designer will always query these aspects for an individual book as it is their responsibility to design and size correctly for an individual book if contracted by an author.
This post was last edited by YouWriteOn, 26 Nov 2011, 12:34
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Feedaread Cover
25 Nov 2011, 07:04
