August 7, 2018

IngramSpark cover template builder

By acflory

Just a very quick post about the covers for IngramSpark.

First, you can find the template builder on the IngramSpark website here:

https://myaccount.ingramspark.com/Portal/Tools/CoverTemplateGenerator

You won’t have to register with IngramSpark to use the cover generator, but you will have to type in an ISBN for the book plus other details like total page count etc:

IngramSpark will send you an email so you can download the template [two choices InDesign or PDF].

The template will look like this:

The cover has to fit over the entire coloured area, with particular attention to the text that goes on the spine. Then the WHOLE template plus cover image has to be saved as one, converted to whatever [for me it’s PDF] and that is sent off as the cover file.

Hope that makes sense.

Night all,

Meeks

About acflory

I am the kind of person who always has to know why things are the way they are so my interests range from genetics and biology to politics and what makes people tick. For fun I play online mmorpgs, read, listen to a music, dance when I get the chance and landscape my rather large block. Work is writing. When a story I am working on is going well I'm on cloud nine. On bad days I go out and dig big holes... View all posts by acflory

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9 responses to “IngramSpark cover template builder”

Widdershins
August 9th, 2018 at 4:52 am

Interesting, the ISBN is a ‘required field’.

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- acflory
  August 9th, 2018 at 8:33 am
  
  Yeah, I think that’s because IngramSpark generate the barcode up front and insert it into the template. All barcodes are generated from the ISBN.
  Interestingly, if you have the graphics capability, you can ‘cut’ out that barcode and paste it on top of the cover image if you wish. The advantage is that you can then place it wherever you wish vis-a-vis the contents of the back cover.
  
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  - pmloveland
    July 20th, 2019 at 3:26 am
    
    Hi, I’m sorry to reawaken this but I am having a problem with this right now, specifically. I can’t cut and paste or move the barcode in the pdf version of my cover template. I can do it in the InDesign version, but my InD isn’t recognizing the fonts in it so I’m worried it wouldn’t work right and falling back to the pdf. What do I need in order to cut and paste the barcode in pdf? A plugin?
    
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    - acflory
      July 20th, 2019 at 10:07 pm
      
      Okay, it’s been a while since I did one of these, and I’m not sure if this will help, but I use Corel Draw X8 to import the PDF template as a ‘picture’. Then I cut out the barcode, fit my cover over the template, fit the cut out barcode over the /cover/, group the whole lot, including the template which is underneath everything, convert to PDF and send that to IngramSpark.
      
      I hope this helps. 😦
      
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      - pmloveland
        July 21st, 2019 at 4:39 am
        
        I’ll give that a try. Thanks! I really appreciate it ^_^
        
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      - acflory
        July 21st, 2019 at 2:32 pm
        
        I hope it works for you, and congratulations on publishing your own book. I wish you every success. 🙂
        
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The Story Reading Ape
August 8th, 2018 at 4:28 am

Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
In case you need to know 😎

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- acflory
  August 9th, 2018 at 8:35 am
  
  Thanks, Chris. 🙂
  
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  - The Story Reading Ape
    August 9th, 2018 at 4:54 pm
    
    My pleasure, Meeks 😀
    
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