The Print on Demand 101 PDF file contains 24 pages of detailed instructions accompanied by images and related links which will guide you through the world of Print on Demand self publishing, book design and online marketing.
This article is the result of 8 years of experience in designing and self publishing books.
File contents: In the beginning – Designing the book – Adobe InDesign – Print on Demand – Which Print on Demand should I choose? – Standard books POD (Lulu & CreateSpace) – Publishing a Photo book – Lulu Studio – Blurb BookSmart –
Publishing on Amazon – Marketing your book – Selling at your local bookstore – Online Marketing – Website/Blog – Search Engine Optimization – Join an Online Network – Link exchange – Book review – Social Networks – RSS feed – Marketing services – Paid advertisement – Document sharing services – Tools you can use – Photo editing: Paintshop Pro – FTP Client: FileZilla – Blog: WordPress
Print on Demand and self publishing 101 [PDF]
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When working on my photos I usually like to combine hands-on and PC methods but as my scanner is out of commission right now, I decided to settle on just PC processing for now.
I use Photoshop CS3 to “develop” RAW files but everything else I do in Paintshop Pro X2 (12). I’ve been using it since Painshop Pro 3 was around so I guess it’s true that old habits die hard.
As my first victim I chose a photo taken in Fredericksburg, Virginia which is a charming small town near George Washington’s childhood home.
This picture is a picture of an actual pharmacy and obviously I was quite impress with it since it looked just like pharmacies used to look like in the 50’s (so I’ve been told).
So pretty much I got my work cut out for me.
First I added a greenish tone by using the Red/Green/Blue filter under Adjust/Color (red=0 green=36 blue=12).
Next I added more Contrast and Brightness; there’s no formula here of course, I just play around with these settings until it looks right. Now, I added some Sharpness to the image. The sharpness helps the objects in the picture stand out and appear almost 3D (which obviously they are!). It also adds grain. I happen to love grain but if you don’t just skip the Sharpen adjustment tool.
Finally I applied a filter which is unique to Paintshop pro: Time Machine. It’s an excellent photo effect which can take an image and transform it to another era, complete with matching photo edges. And as this picture didn’t need much help, I used the Early Color to slightly defuse the original colors.
By the way, I always assume most of you use Photoshop for image processing but maybe like me you are only partially using it, so anyway, I’d love to know.
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