Comments on: KDP or CreateSpace: Which Should You Use to Publish Your Paperback?

By: F. W. Walker

F. W. Walker — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:54:31 +0000

Createspace was great. Never any problems. All my books came out to the same standard.
KDP is CRAP. Every book is different now, that is when I can actually get it published.
My present one issue 1 was with Createspace. No problems.
Issue 2 with KDP is stuck in a full circle of repeating errors. I get the cover accepted then the text inside gets screwed up. 1mm high letters grouped together in the centre of the pages, two inches from the edges.
So resent again and again, now stuck in a pixel loop, whatever that is.
Please come back Createspace.

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IngramSpark Review: Why I'll Never Use it Again - The Writer's Cookbook — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 20:29:57 +0000

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By: Kristina Adams

Kristina Adams — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:41:11 +0000

In reply to Alison.

Thanks Alison, and also thanks for the info on IngramSpark. I don’t have any experience with it as the cost has always put me off. I didn’t know about their partnership with ALLi – that definitely sounds like it’s worth the membership fee just for that…

By: Alison

Alison — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:19:25 +0000

Good review and I like you included shipping cost as a factor. I live in Australia and the shipping is the prime reason I use IngramSpark. They have printing facilities in Melbourne which bring shipping right down. I’m a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) and their partnership with IngramSpark means I get free uploads and corrections – worth the membership fee!

By: Mariana Eguaras

Mariana Eguaras — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:56:33 +0000

I live in Europe (Spain). CS’s shipping cost are very expensive here and KDP is the cheapest option.
CS interface is so older and ir never has updated
And… Does anyone sell through the CS’s extended distribution in USA? For European authors it isn’t important.

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By: Kristina Adams

Kristina Adams — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:28:19 +0000

In reply to Alexa. No problem, glad you found it useful :)

By: Alexa

Alexa — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:29:45 +0000

Great comparison on both, I’m glad I’m still sticking with CS 😂 thanks for taking the time to put all this on paper for all those of us who are still wondering haha