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DavidDvorkin

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3. How are you publishing it?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Aug 18, 2024, 08:35 PM

Aug 2024

If you're using KDP, you don't pay money no matter what kind of binding you choose, but you can set the cover price lower for paperback than what KDP calls hardcover, which is actually case laminate.

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Soft cover for my self published art book. [View all] CTyankee Aug 2024 OP

ask your publisher for a price quote, it should be less than hard cover nt msongs Aug 2024 #1

Thanks. I plan on asking, of course. If it isn't a lot of money I'll probably go with the hard cover. CTyankee Aug 2024 #2

How are you publishing it? DavidDvorkin Aug 2024 #3

I am using Book Baby, a company that does this for you. I published with them with the first book. What is KDP? CTyankee Aug 2024 #4

It's Amazon's self-publishing arm DavidDvorkin Aug 2024 #5

I have someone who is doing that. He's a young guy, all of 29, and I got him thru my old professor from grad school CTyankee Aug 2024 #6

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