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@Aleksandr_306
@Aleksandr_306 4 күн бұрын
Hello! Can I use this brush pack to create images for microstocks (shutterstock, creativemarket etc)? All strokes will be expanded and brushes will not be included in the files. Thank you.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 4 күн бұрын
You can draw with these brushes and then sell the finished drawings anywhere you want. But you can't resell the brushes themselves or redistribute them in any way.
@aasengaare
@aasengaare 5 күн бұрын
I’ll miss a format copy paste function
@SvenGeorgiev
@SvenGeorgiev 7 күн бұрын
Hi Craig, I have something around one of your covers. I dont want to post it here. Can I email you?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 6 күн бұрын
Unfortunately, I don't open any files via email, too much hacking going on today. You can message me the photo via Instagram @mrcraigbabin.
@mr_reborn
@mr_reborn 8 күн бұрын
People on Pubby will leave destructive reviews, basically outing you to Amazon and customers as using pubby, so beware. I may lose my KDP account over using it, beause some dirtbag left a review trying to sabotage me directly, because he didnt like my publishing a classic.
@DivineOkafor-yp3ct
@DivineOkafor-yp3ct 8 күн бұрын
Thank you very much I will try it today
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 8 күн бұрын
Most welcome 😊
@sue3819
@sue3819 9 күн бұрын
Thanks for the great video. Craig, do you use inDesign very much? If so, I would really appreciate a training video on the easy way to create a table of contents. I've made many books over the years using this program and now logbooks and i just give up each time I try to learn how to make the table of contents. I end up creating them manually and it's extremely time consuming and becomes a nightmare when I want to change things around. Most of my pages are logbook tables, with no separate title on the page outside of the table. If that makes sense. I've watched numerous videos on KZbin but they just target paragraphs with chapter titles. Mine don't have those. I really need help. ❤️
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 9 күн бұрын
In your situation, I think manually is the only way to create the Table of Contents. To use the TOC feature in InDesign, you would at the very least need a heading (title) outside of the logbook table. The software won't recognize the title inside of the table. I should make a video on that subject though. If I find a way to make your situation work, I'll include it in the video.
@sue3819
@sue3819 9 күн бұрын
Thanks, that's probably why I can't find information on it. And to top it off, I create a lot of parent pages which I suspect might cause issues with creating a ToC, but I dont know for sure.
@wendy.chapman
@wendy.chapman 10 күн бұрын
Thanks! Just wanted to note that I have sent author copies to different addresses. I'm in Australia and have sent to NZ and Canada as gifts. You just have to choose the appropriate marketplace (and pay shipping as you mentioned.)
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 10 күн бұрын
Good to know, thanks Wendy.
@DavidLeah
@DavidLeah 10 күн бұрын
People will leave a review today if they are happy or sad about the purchase, or so I believe.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 10 күн бұрын
The vast majority of people don't leave reviews, the ones that do are either really happy with the purchase or really hate it. That's why most reviews are either 4 or 5 star, or 1 star. 2 or 3 star reviews are from people that are just content with the product, and they very rarely leave reviews.
@DavidLeah
@DavidLeah 10 күн бұрын
@@CraigBabin I am a rookie still. I sold 35 books organically but I haven not received any reviews. I don't know how to feel about that, to tell you the truth :)
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 10 күн бұрын
From my experience, I get about 1 review per 50 sales on average.
@Pack-a-Bag
@Pack-a-Bag 10 күн бұрын
Great video Craig I always find your contents really interesting. Many thanks
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 10 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it.
@christinatestana
@christinatestana 11 күн бұрын
Thanks Craig for this wonderful video! Its very informative and inspiring and I remember you sharing with me to put things in playlists. I see what you mean now after this video. I will look at my channel and see how I can clean things up and look at my analytics too. I agree that a personal why attached to your youtube channel is the place to go to come from a place of passion and not a place of greed. This was such a reflective video and a video to check in with ourselves :) Thank you again and loving all your content so far. You've always been so inspiring and so happy you are creating again from a place of love.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 11 күн бұрын
That's very nice of you to say Christina.
@christinatestana
@christinatestana 10 күн бұрын
@@CraigBabin You're welcome 😊 Always cheering you on over here!
@andreioarga1553
@andreioarga1553 13 күн бұрын
I have a question regarding the subtitle. The subtitle you entered in the field does not exist on your book, is this ok? Can I just write any subtitle I want even if it does not really appear on the book cover?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 13 күн бұрын
The subtitle is just basically a short description of the book. When you create ads, they often only contain the title and subtitle of the book, so you need the subtitle to explain what the book is. That description doesn't necessarily have to be on the book itself, but on my book something similar is on the back cover.
@tonyjays381
@tonyjays381 15 күн бұрын
10 minutes in, and I am already a fan of yours. You're indeed a great teacher. Thanks for clarifying the steps you take. This is indeed very helpful!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 14 күн бұрын
You're very welcome!
@kmaiella
@kmaiella 20 күн бұрын
How to get reviews?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 20 күн бұрын
That video will be coming next week!
@Pipette13
@Pipette13 21 күн бұрын
Danke!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 21 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@vladimirzhukov2188
@vladimirzhukov2188 21 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot for your simple explanations!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 21 күн бұрын
You're welcome!
@dr.carmencaltagirone5868
@dr.carmencaltagirone5868 22 күн бұрын
I am going to seek your advice once again at the risk of being a nuisance. You have been so helpful so far that I just want to fill you in on some things in and ask you a couple of questions, please. I am at the point of going to a publisher (KDP)to begin the actual publishing process, but I have a problem that I just don’t understand. I have set margins according to my best knowledge, but I am so afraid that they are off. From everything I read, they might be. I understand the concept of gutters, but I don’t understand why you wouldn’t just make the inside margin larger-in other words, why are there two factors inside and gutters? What I have done to help myself I learned from you. I took a book that was published by someone through KDP and I did what I saw you do on KZbin. I actually measured the space between the inside most text and the edge of the paper which is glued inside the gutter. It was .875 in. The outside margin was .625. I used the .875 as my inside margin and 6.25 as my outside margin. Should I add EVEN MORE for adding a gutter or just leave the gutter at zero? it would seem to me that because of my measurements I’ve already included the gutter in that .875 figure. I hope I’m making this clear. I really need help and this is so important to me. According to my physical measures and calculations, this worked for this author beautifully in terms of what I can see visually in his presentation. But I have no idea as to what the numbers were in the custom margins for him. I tried to reach the author, but did not get an answer. Please help if you can. I wish all KZbinrs were as kind and helpful and accommodating as you are. Thank you so much, Craig
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 22 күн бұрын
"Margins" and "bleeds" are two mutually exclusive things and it seems like you're confusing them. When it comes to "bleed", you're only adding it to the top, bottom and outside edges of your page. That has nothing to do with the "margins", that space is beyond the margins (think of it as additional paper around the outside edge of your book). So there's no need to add anything additional to the inside margin when it comes to bleed. You're just adding that little bit of extra width to the inside "margin" to account for the gutter of the book which is held together too tightly to be able to print text on it. Remember, bleed is the part of the book that is going to be cut off by the printer during the printing process. You can't cut anything off from the gutter. Envision your finished book lying closed on a table with the cover on it. But there is a little bit of excess paper peaking out from under the cover on the top, bottom and side (the side that opens), of your book and it's coming from the interior pages. That extra paper is the bleed and it is going to be cut off. So in your situation, your margins all the way around your page are actually .625, you're just added a little more to your inside margin, to account for the gutter and that's why it's .875. This will make the top, bottom, outside and inside margins appear to be the same in the eyes of the reader. I hope that helps.
@dr.carmencaltagirone5868
@dr.carmencaltagirone5868 25 күн бұрын
I loved this video absolutely loved it. ❤❤❤. I especially liked what you did with the paper which really gives a fantastic excellent visual on The concept of margins and gutters etc. this is my fifth book but my first attempt at self publishing and I’m finding the formatting to be very challenging even though I am a daily user for over 20 years of MICROSOFT. I just find that some of the requirements are kind of convoluted in a bit much. I was doing well with the margin formatting after mini trial and error attempts and I’m going to go back to the drawing board now and basically do what you said about adding to the inside margin. What has happened to me is that today I went to PDF for the first time to test it and found that, for example, my page numbers were outside the boundaries of my book size. In other words for a 6 x 9“ book if you counted from the first line on the page all the way down the page number on the bottom of the page was at 9.75 inches! How can that be? My top margin is 1 inch in the bottom is .75 inches. Even though it does not ask you for a header footer measurement., Somewhere the H/D measurement has to be factored in right ? Any help you can offer me, would be appreciated. Thanks for the great video I’m going to go work on it now and I know that it will be a great help.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 25 күн бұрын
When you set your margins, they should be set inside of the 6 X 9" page dimensions. All of your type set should fall inside of those margins, whatever they are. Once you have your book all laid out, then go back to the document set up page and add the bleed to the overall book by increasing the page dimensions. After you do this don't resize your type set, leave it right where it is. I don't understand how your page numbers could be outside of your margins. Are you writing your book in another software and then copy and pasting it into InDesign? Are you setting up your page numbers in InDesign or in another software? Also, do your type set and page numbers look accurate in the InDesign workspace? Because if they do, saving the document out in PDF shouldn't make any difference.
@dr.carmencaltagirone5868
@dr.carmencaltagirone5868 25 күн бұрын
@@CraigBabin thank you for your quick response! You are an outstanding KZbinr! Regarding the page numbers being outside of the margins… I am as perplexed as you are over that. In answer to your question I am only using Microsoft Word no other software no in design or anything. A few c questions… Are you saying that I should add a bleed ( there is no bleed anywhere in my book) ? Is it OK to leave the gutter at zero and just do a bigger inside dimension? I have a book published by KDP by someone I don’t know and I’m going to use their dimensions for a 6 x 9 because their page numbers are almost identical to mine. This guy used inside .875 and outside .625 If there’s any other advice, I am always open to it. Thank you very much for your help.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 24 күн бұрын
​@@dr.carmencaltagirone5868 No you don't need to use bleed. For some reason I thought you were using InDesign. I don't really use Word for desktop publishing, so I have no idea as to why your page numbers would be off your page. In the version of Word that I have, once you establish your page margins and then choose to insert page numbers, the page numbers are automatically placed just below the bottom margin. And when I save the document out as a PDF, the page numbers appear in the same spot as they appear in the Word document itself. So I really have no idea what is going on with your version of Word software. Sorry.
@jonmath4182
@jonmath4182 26 күн бұрын
Simple basic concept before anything else, before getting into the details: if a person cannot draw or is not good in arts, then that person must honestly exercise self restraint from dabbling in serious stuff in that line, but instead go hire somebody else who is actually good in arts or drawing, if he/she still insists in being a player in the industry, it's just like building a house or repairing a car!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 26 күн бұрын
True. But remember, most great mechanics started off their careers as inexperienced people who just dabbled. That's why this channel is not only teaching people how to self publish, it's also encouraging them to learn how to draw.
@SvenGeorgiev
@SvenGeorgiev 27 күн бұрын
Can u expand on your tip "create depth on your cover"? How does one do that?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 27 күн бұрын
Use layers of graphics with different mode and opacity settings. The idea is to make your background appear to be going off into the distance. I give a better demonstration in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGeahGuBaZaXga8si=eF3TzWHQQEItA-yp
@SvenGeorgiev
@SvenGeorgiev 27 күн бұрын
@@CraigBabin Seriously. I really like your covers. It really shows that you are an expert in this.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 27 күн бұрын
@@SvenGeorgiev Thank you, I do my best!
@vickierumbers4324
@vickierumbers4324 28 күн бұрын
This was just the information I needed as a newbie to Book Bolt and KDP! Thank you for a clear, thorough and helpful tutorial! Subscribed!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 28 күн бұрын
I'm glad it was helpful Vickie!
@judyderby5432
@judyderby5432 28 күн бұрын
This is the second video I've watched that completely skims over how to group the solutions on the same page. I finished one activity book and just ended up doing one per page because for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to combine several pages onto one. Yes, I know how to shrink the size of the solution, but that doesn't tell me how to put more than one on the same page.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 28 күн бұрын
You right click on them and then copy and paste them on to the new page, I show you how to do that here in the video: 19:11
@MarkBBHTTB
@MarkBBHTTB 29 күн бұрын
You didn't show them how to delete multiple pages at once. Holding shift or ctrl key to pick multiple pages, and then right click and delete pages. Yes it did it when video recorded. You go over moving pages and you clone and delete and everything else. Why aren't you using page up down and move page to, it shows up right on your menu when you right clicked! For word search extra words, don't add a blank. Just use row 1 to 22, then a blank row. :)
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 28 күн бұрын
1. Most people know how to select multiple pages, it's the same in every software. 2. The question that I was answering in that section was actually "How to reorder pages (if the move feature isn't working properly)?" This was when the studio was fairly new and quite glitchy. I was just giving them an alternate way to do it. 3. The point of that section was just to include some additional shorter word options for the generator to choose from.
@audiovisualdesignprint
@audiovisualdesignprint Ай бұрын
Brillant Craig. I am going to follow you all the way. Your delivery flows like water. I just have a quick question: When I first loaded my content on Amazon KDP, there is that department on the first page called keywords which hass you to fill out 7 lines..not single keywords words, but lines. What relationship does that content have with the Amazon advertising campaign whilst using the aid of Bookbolt?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 29 күн бұрын
Those are basically search phrases that a customer might use to look for your book on the Amazon platform. Those phrases should contain keywords that pertain to your book. The keywords in those phrases are what Bookbolt is looking for when it does searches. So if you're using Bookbolt to find keywords that are getting a lot of searches, try to incorporate those keywords into KDP's 7 keyword phrases.
@audiovisualdesignprint
@audiovisualdesignprint 29 күн бұрын
@@CraigBabin Thank you for the quick reply. This is so interesting and helpful. So, just to be clear, do I need to make sure that all my keywords that I am researching in BookBolt are only derived from what I have in those 7 phrases on my KDP account for that one book? If so, what is the recommended maximum, because I am now thinking I need to completely start over and could find an infinite number, if you know what I mean?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 29 күн бұрын
@@audiovisualdesignprint You should be researching highly traffic keywords in Bookbolt before you create those 7 phrases in KDP, and then use those keywords in those 7 phrases. Keyword traffic changes over time, so if you find that your books aren't getting a lot of sales after a year, research new keywords and change your 7 phrases.
@audiovisualdesignprint
@audiovisualdesignprint 29 күн бұрын
@@CraigBabin Thank you again. So, to get this right, I only need to prepare 7 phrases to get going, right? I noticed you only used 2 words in the first part of your tutorial "lyrics Journal' . Is there a general rule of the number of words to capitalise on in each phrase?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 28 күн бұрын
@@audiovisualdesignprint You just need the 7 phrases to start, the number of words is optional.
@SvenGeorgiev
@SvenGeorgiev Ай бұрын
Hi, in one of your videos you describe how to list your book in more than the standard 3 categories. Which one was that?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
It's in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoWqhHV9p5eDi5Ysi=iLIK2gQZ40b1r-KK But I don't think that KDP allows you to do that any more. If I'm not mistaken, KDP now lists your book into additional categories automatically, based on which 3 categories you initially choose. But you can try it to see if they still do it.
@sonalim720
@sonalim720 Ай бұрын
Please xan you do a tutorual about setting margins etc on canva . Thanks
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
Sorry, I don't use Canva and I know absolutely nothing about it.
@lisawebskowski609
@lisawebskowski609 Ай бұрын
Do you have to flatten the PDF and Transparencies in inDesign or is it automatic when you select press quality?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
Saving something to PDF doesn't always flatten transparencies, so it's best to just flatten them before saving. Here's an article that may be of some assistance to you: helpx.adobe.com/ca/indesign/using/flattening-transparent-artwork.html
@theworldthroughmyeyes00
@theworldthroughmyeyes00 Ай бұрын
Thank you very much!! Subscribed!!!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@onlineguy55
@onlineguy55 Ай бұрын
Great video, but why didn't you explain about the Auto Save instead of clicking save all the time?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
Because I like having control of when my project is saved. That way if I make big changes to my project and realize that what I'm doing isn't working, I can always just shut the project down and reopen it right back at where I last saved it. But if I have auto save on, it may have saved out my project 3 or 4 times while I was making changes, which means that I can't go back to the last time I saved it. It's just a personal preference.
@onlineguy55
@onlineguy55 Ай бұрын
@@CraigBabin ok but I like the auto save cause I've lost a lot of work by forgetting to click save all the time.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
@@onlineguy55 Yeah, I've done that myself from time to time.
@MobinaPooreskandar-pz2bd
@MobinaPooreskandar-pz2bd Ай бұрын
Hi, excuse me, when I'm trying to make my brushes, I can't set the width to "Pressure" its not enabled so I can't select it, and I don't know what's the problem, can you help me?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
I'm probably not the person to ask for this because I don't set my brushes to pressure, I don't like the feel of it. That being said, depending on the drawing tablet you are using, make sure that you have your stylus set to pen pressure in your tablet settings. If it's not, you won't be able to set your brushes to pressure either. Other than that, if it still doesn't work, there are a lot of videos on KZbin that will show you how to set the pen pressure on your stylus as well as newly created brushes, you just need to look around a bit. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
@WealthofWOWs
@WealthofWOWs Ай бұрын
Great content to assist me in learning more about KZbin...thank you!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
You're welcome, I'm glad it was helpful.
@WealthofWOWs
@WealthofWOWs Ай бұрын
Craig, I set up a KZbin channel following your video :) but could not use my business name as I seem to already have a personal channel where I used it from many years ago. Can I merge them?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
@@WealthofWOWs If you still have access to that channel then yes. A good thing about doing it this way is that you keep all of your old subscribers, which helps for monetization purposes. If your old content doesn't really jive with your new content, just slowly remove it once your channel is monetized. This channel was an artist review channel back in 2018, I only rebranded it in 2021.
@thedreamerstree4117
@thedreamerstree4117 Ай бұрын
Can I import them into Illustrator for iPad?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
You should be able to, I don't see why not. If you have any issues just let me know.
@shojibislam7986
@shojibislam7986 Ай бұрын
Brother will help me with an information. I work in Amazon KDP. Can I market my book on the marketplace? Creates an Amazon Associate account. Will there be any problem in the account? It would help me a lot if you let me know.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
I don't know KDP's policies for their employees, so I can't speak on that. Sorry.
@Fughy92
@Fughy92 2 ай бұрын
I like it a lot, Gj.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, I'm glad to hear it!
@EyeOnPanama2
@EyeOnPanama2 2 ай бұрын
Craig thank you. Very valuable information. I will watch again to take action. Gracias
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
I'm glad you liked it.
@ArtifexPixcel
@ArtifexPixcel 2 ай бұрын
Im new to KDP. When we use A+ content, do we have to pay for it?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
No.
@elsiezsh
@elsiezsh 2 ай бұрын
How about using the fonts for running text, headings, and the book title? That's not design.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
You can use the fonts anywhere in your book, you just can't resell or giveaway the fonts that you purchased.
@elsiezsh
@elsiezsh 2 ай бұрын
@@CraigBabin Got it. Thanks!
@JaniceRNZ
@JaniceRNZ 2 ай бұрын
An excellent tutorial.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@AngieBaby666
@AngieBaby666 2 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this video. Learned something new today.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@kouriaziz3519
@kouriaziz3519 2 ай бұрын
Well Done, Thank you, It Helps for Hard 🙏🏼
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@CherryeBess
@CherryeBess 2 ай бұрын
You donan absolutely great job. You are quite thorough. But it seems to be so much to learn and do. I am very good with Book Bolt and have published over 100 Journals and Coloring books. But I cant seem to get this puzzle book thing
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Have you watched any of my puzzle book videos? They're really not that hard to create, they're just time consuming. Word Search: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2WnYWeVdrSAhpYsi=v4azB_f0NwMC7Gt5 Coloring Books: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6man4mBhs91is0si=G_-4nxblyAKfSxXy Sudoku Books: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGeahGuBaZaXga8si=_Nsp2aRVrt_4F5vr Dot to Dot Books: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4K8koyHbrKkgJIsi=jJDi09eeuwo7Q4ff
@CherryeBess
@CherryeBess 2 ай бұрын
@CraigBabin Yes, I just watched one of your very thorough step by step puzzle creation video. It is time consuming.
@tim_longhurst
@tim_longhurst 2 ай бұрын
Super clear and helpful explanation. Thanks for sharing. Could you confirm if the workaround steps for bleed in KDP are still true in 2024? Thank you :)
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, that will never change.
@tim_longhurst
@tim_longhurst Ай бұрын
@@CraigBabin what I meant was does KDP still not correctly recognise bleeds in 2024. In fact, I’ve recently submitted an InDesign doc with bleeds and margins and it went through ok. I didn’t need to use your workaround. So hopefully no one should need to these days.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin Ай бұрын
@@tim_longhurst Oh that's possible, KDP could have changed things since I created this video. But if by chance your book gets rejected with the bleeds, it's nice to know that you still have the workaround.
@tim_longhurst
@tim_longhurst Ай бұрын
@@CraigBabin Absolutely. Your instructions and workaround were very helpful and clear and I was all set to use your approach if things went south :)
@smbtrading1528
@smbtrading1528 2 ай бұрын
👋Sir you are very creative 👍
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Why thank you!
@RobSlenderman77
@RobSlenderman77 2 ай бұрын
So, stupid question: If my Sudoku book is going to have double-sided printed pages but 150 or so sheets of paper, what do I put into the Amazon KDP calculator? 150 pages or 300 pages?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
A page is one side so 300.
@RobSlenderman77
@RobSlenderman77 2 ай бұрын
@@CraigBabin Thank you!
@elsiezsh
@elsiezsh 2 ай бұрын
Hi Craig, can you make a video on review sites like Book Bite and whether getting reviews on such sites runs the risk of flouting Amazon's rules on getting reviews.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Hey Elsie, I've never done a video on that topic because I've never been able to find a definitive answer as to whether or not those sites abide with Amazon's guidelines. Putting your book on to one of those sites shouldn't be seen as being any different than giving your book to a public library. And people can review your book on Amazon after reading it at a library, they just won't be verified purchasers. The question comes in when you take the subscription fee of Bookbite in to account. Because that is a book review site to which you're paying to use, then it can be said that you're paying for reviews, even though you're not paying people directly to review your book. It's tricky. I think Amazon would recommend that you offer your book through their free book promotion program, and then that you promote that free book on your social media or through Amazon ads. This way there is no money changing hands for the review in any way. You could also send free copies of your book to KZbin channels that review books, doing it that way you're also not paying for a review. Free Book Promotion: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201298240#salesrank
@elsiezsh
@elsiezsh 2 ай бұрын
@CraigBabin The free book promo is for ebooks. What about the low content books and medium content ones like coloring books and word search books? They're paperbacks and can't be offered as ARCs which would require an ebook format.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
@@elsiezsh I don't think you can enter coloring books to Book Bite either, that site is for text based books (high content), so that other authors can read your books. I think all of the book entries have to be digital or audio books, no physical books. I'm not aware of any site like that that does take physical books to review. I didn't realize that you were referring to coloring books in your comment. Your post inspired me to create a video on this subject, showing all of the different ways to get your books in front of people. I have a drawing video coming out next week, and then the video on this topic will come out after that one.
@BestQoutesandInspiration
@BestQoutesandInspiration 2 ай бұрын
Can we modify images in illustrator or photoshop and convert them into an outline artwork for creating a coloring book for an Amamzon KDP ??
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
I have a couple of videos on how to use artwork from Creative Fabrica for coloring books. Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6man4mBhs91is0si=D_SL9ErMjdtj-YCa Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C3dIdonLCjebMsi=IF5v5qFS-iqQGlym
@BestQoutesandInspiration
@BestQoutesandInspiration 2 ай бұрын
@@CraigBabin will try it for sure .thanks for taking the time to reply
@Monny8879
@Monny8879 2 ай бұрын
Hi Craig, I have exactly the same problem with the brush set as Sara using CS6. I purchased them yesterday & would so love to follow along with your videos but at this point, I can't.😪 Is there a fix that you know of please so I can use them? I've tried so many KZbin videos but none of them work for me. Thank you for your fabulous videos. 😃
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
I've sent you an email with the proper brushes.
@susie9889
@susie9889 2 ай бұрын
Where do you get the other images to add to the picture. For example there is a small fish next to the octopus. Where did that fish come from ? Creative fabrics ? Canva ?
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
It all came from Creative Fabrica.
@Princess_karen
@Princess_karen 2 ай бұрын
Question, if you buy the subscription, can you print the sublimation designs as they are and press them on cups and shirts or wind spinners, to sell the cups, shirts or wind spinners, at a flee market or yard sale. I don’t sell anything online. I am new to sublimation.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
If you read CF guidelines, there is a section that discusses using art as is. The problem is, you could still be violating the guidelines of the platform you're selling on for using duplicate content. But if you're not going to be selling online, and you have the commercial license to use the artwork from CF, then in your situation you should be fine. It's always a grey area when it comes to using designs as is, but if you're in doubt and your offline business is going to be fairly large, then I would recommend consulting a lawyer just to be on the safe side.
@saraa2698
@saraa2698 2 ай бұрын
Best explanation I have found. Great job in explaining this so thoroughly.
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@MillyAlej
@MillyAlej 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the information very helpful. New follower!!
@CraigBabin
@CraigBabin 2 ай бұрын
You're welcome. Thanks for the follow!