How to Make a PDF Cover for Your CreateSpace Book

This always drives me nuts.

When you’re ready to have your book printed with CreateSpace and you’re planning on tackling the cover on your own it can seem rather daunting. It certainly terrified me to begin with and I only very recently updated my covers from the originals I made using the CreateSpace online cover creator. There’s nothing wrong with using that though. It depends on you entirely. Today I’ll show you how to make a PDF cover using their downloadable template. Once you’ve finished the interior of your book and have the final page count, go to the CreateSpace Template Generator and fill in all the required fields.

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Click on Build Template and it will download a zipped file containing two templates. One PDF and one PNG. Drag the PNG across to the folder that you’ve allocated for all the elements of your cover design.

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Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.

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6 Responses to How to Make a PDF Cover for Your CreateSpace Book

The Story Reading Ape says:

December 10, 2015 at 7:39 am

Me too Charles – I have to size them to 3000 pixels High to get the correct width (providing I’ve been advised of the correct number of pages and ratio – 1:1.5 / 1:1.6, etc) 😀

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- Charles Yallowitz says:
  
  December 10, 2015 at 7:41 am
  
  I’m always caught offguard by how picky Createspace is. Then again, I’ve been backing off on the paperback stuff. My last book doesn’t even have one because they simply weren’t selling and it felt like too much hassle for no payoff.
  
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  - The Story Reading Ape says:
    
    December 10, 2015 at 7:43 am
    
    I can believe it Charles…
    
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  - Charles Yallowitz says:
    
    December 10, 2015 at 7:46 am
    
    Funny. I saw your comment just as a friend sent me a Naruto meme that said ‘BELIEVE IT!’ Amusing timing.
    
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  - The Story Reading Ape says:
    
    December 10, 2015 at 8:02 am
    
    😀 😀 😀
    
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L. Marie says:

December 10, 2015 at 9:09 am

Great advice! Will bookmark this post.

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