KidPub Publishing: Common Questions
Here's a collection of questions that our authors have asked about publishing their book with KidPub. If you have a question that isn't answered here, just ask!
Q: Must I be a member of KidPub to publish my book?
A: Although we would love for you to be part of our community, you do not need to be a member in order to publish at KidPub.
Q: Can I publish a collection of short stories or poems?
A: Absolutely. You have complete control over the material that is in your book. You can publish a full chapter book, or a collection, or whatever else you like.
Q: Can my school class or church group publish a book?
A: Absolutely. We think this a great program for classrooms, church groups, scout packs, or any other group that wants to publish a book.
Q: How long does it take?
A: The time for a project depends on several things. Generally speaking, it takes four to five weeks for your manuscript to be edited and laid out in books form, and you'll receive a draft of the text when that work is completed. If your book is more than 150 pages, or needs extra work in edit, it might take a bit longer. Work on the cover is usually a few weeks, and once everything is approved, it takes a few weeks to get the project set up on the press and have books printed and shipped. Our advice to our authors is to be patient...it took you a while to write your book, so we don't want to rush the publication!
Q: How many pages can my book have?
A: The minimum number of pages is 25. There is no maximum number, however if the book is over about 500 pages we might think about doing it in two volumes. There are approximately 250 to 300 words per page.
Q: Does my book have an ISBN number?
A: Yes, all of our books include an ISBN number. If your book is over 100 printed pages it may also have a Library of Congress card catalog number. All books are registered with Books in Print.
Q: Where will my books be offered for sale?
A: On Amazon.com, the world's largest bookstore. And on KidPub.com, the world's largest website for stories by kids.
Q: Will my book be sold at other bookstores?
A: No, our packages only offer your book for sale at Amazon and KidPub.
Q: What is a royalty?
A: A royalty is money paid to you for each book that is sold on Amazon or KidPub. The royalty is based on the price the book is sold at and varies depending on where the book is sold. For books sold on Amazon, the royalty is 15%, and or books sold on KidPub the royalty is 20%.
Q: What price will my book sell for?
A: Generally speaking, paperbacks sell for between $10.95 and $14.95. Your royalty is based on the sale price of the book, which ight not be the cover price. For example, f your book is marked at $12.95, but is sold on sale at $11.95, the royalty is based on $11.95. We set the retail price based on our cost of production.
Q: How often are royalties paid?
A: Four times per year, in April, July, October, and January.
Q: How often will I receive a royalty report?
A: We send out sales reports on a quarterly basis by email.
Q: What
if my book becomes really popular?
A: Congratulations! You will be paid royalties on every copy that is sold. Because we use Amazon to market and deliver books, if you sell 10,000 copies it isn't a problem!
Q: Can I use a pen name?
A: Yes, but you probably don't want to use the name of another author!
Q: How many book titles can I publish?
A: As many as you like. Each book title published will require purchase of a publishing
package.
Q: Can I buy more books than are in my package?
A: Yes, at a discount. Extra books are priced at $6.95 each, plus shipping, and you may buy any number of extra books at any time. If you decide to buy extra books at the time you purchase your publishing package, the shipping is free.
Q: Can I sell my own books?
A: Yes. You can order copies of your book and sell them wherever you like. You might take some to your local bookstore, or to a fair or market, or sell them on your own website. You do not receive royalties for this kind of sale, but you keep the difference between the selling price and the price you paid per book. In other words, if you buy 10 copies at $6.95 each, and sell them for $15.95, you keep $9.00 of each sale.
Q: Does KidPub edit my material?
A: KidPub does a light edit, which means that we correct most spelling errors and will correct simple grammar errors. We will not significantly change what you send to us. We also format your book for printing.
Q: What size is the book that is printed?
A: Books are printed as trade paperbacks, 6" x 9", similar to what you find on the bookshelves at your library or bookstore. They have a glossy stock cover.
Q: Can I include pictures or illustrations?
A: Yes, however they might not print well. If you want to use an illustration inside your book, we will test it to see what it might look like in the book. In general, line drawings should be fine, and elaborate color photos would not be fine. We don't print color iages inside the book unless the book is less than 30 pages long.
Q: Can I include a dedication?
A: Yes, just put your dedication on a page at the front of your book.
Q: Should I include a Table of Contents?
A: Most chapter books will not need a Table of Contents. Collections of stories or poetry typically do have one. If you want to include a Table of Contents, Make one at the front of your book, and we will update the page numbers and format it correctly for you.
Q: Who owns the copyright to my book?
A: You do. We will send you our publishing contract, which both you and your parent needs to sign. It assigns rights to KidPub to publish your material in book form but you retain all rights to your work.
Q: What about a front and back cover?
A: We'll help you with cover design. If you want to draw an image to use on the cover, we can scan it (if it's on paper), or you can send it to us in email. There's information about the size and type f artwork that we can use in th Publishing Guide.
If you have other questions, please leave them as a comment (KidPub members) or email to info@kidpub.com.
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I might've read somewhere that some are sold in Barnes & Noble. Is that true? Is it sold in the actual bookstore, only on the website, or in both?
My newest book = Ember Hope (http://www.kidpub.com/book-page-or-chapter/ember-hope-very-long-prologue...) Comments would be soooooo appreciated- thanks! (By SIS)
Barnes and Noble has been hit-or-miss for a few months. For example, you can find Alaliesia by Savanna Lynn Stewart there, but not some of our more recent titles. We've recently signed on with a new marketing group that provides data to B&N, Books-a-Million, Borders, and several other booksellers; the goal is to have all of our books listed on all of those sites in the next month or two.
That being said, you'll generally only find KidPub Press books at the online stores, not the physical ('brick and mortar') stores. The main reason is competition; in the USA there were in 2009 about 170,000 NEW books published. For example, there are currently over 25,000 books in print in the Business category. Yet at the bookstore (even a large one) you'll find maybe 50 to 100 titles. The competition for limited shelf space is intense, and most of the books on the shelf at a bookstore are there because a publishing company paid to have them there.
Not having a book in the bookstores isn't a bad thing for KidPub authors. The royalty paid on a bookstore sale is very small, and the number of sales is also typically small. While it's great to see your book on the shelf, in reality you might only earn a few dollars on sales.
The exception is your local bookstore. They usually really love having a book by a local young author on their shelves, and they will most of the time work with you to hold a book signing event. One of our best examples is Elizabeth Dang ("The Pantry Wars") who organized a book signing at a large store in Memphis. Sine her story was about cans of food, she also arranged for a food drive to held at the same time for a local charity, and had friends dress up as characters from the book. At the end of the day, she'd sold 100 copies...all she'd brought.
So, we don'd discourage an author from working with a local store to place their book or hold a signing event, but we also don't feel that mass distribution to brick-and-mortar bookstores is a good way for our authors to sell books. The online stores offer better coverage and higher royalties.
Oh, okay! I get it now- thanks so much for the quick and detailed response!
My newest book = Ember Hope (http://www.kidpub.com/book-page-or-chapter/ember-hope-very-long-prologue...) Comments would be soooooo appreciated- thanks! (By SIS)
Wow, I wonder how much it costs to pay for that shelf/space.
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Publishing should be fun I cant wait. I printed the publishing guide yesterday and I am going to read it today. I hope that when we publish my book it sells big. Looking forward to it.
why are all the comment removed? i am wondering about trade paperback? what's the difference? are they like schoolbooks. cause i haven't seen trade paperbacks yet, only schoolbooks whired by those little swirls. are they the size of normal novels? i'm cnfused!
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The comments were getting out of hand, and many were on topics that no longer exist. Now we have a clean slate!
The standard size for a trade paperback is 6" x 9", and that's what we use for the majority of our books. We've done a few in larger format; "Earth's Inhabitants", a collection of cartoons,was done as 8" x 10", for example, and we've also done a few 9" x 6" landscape books ("Nighttime at the Pet Department" is a good example).
The other common term you'll see in paperback is 'mass market', those are the books you see at the checkout in the grocery store...they are usually printed on (cheap) newsprint paper and are often slightly smaller than a trade paperback.
The biggest difference in the two is the way that unsold books are handled. A trade paperback is returned by the bookstore to the publisher for credit...the publisher can choose to resell the book if it is in decent shape. Unsold mass-market paperbacks have their covers ripped off, and the book part is recycled. The covers are sent to the publisher as 'proof that the book has been destroyed.
i i get that now.
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hmmm, why did my comment do that? it didn't post my comment just my sig.
Anyway, can you use a photo edit using a photo you took/a royalty free image photo edited. and can we create our own back cover, without the normal kidpub design?
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As long as you have the rights to use an image, we can use it on a cover. If you took the photo or drew the image yourself, you obviously own the rights; if it's a royalty free image, we just need to know where you got it from so that we can verify the rights.
You're welcome to design a front and back cover, but if you decide to do that let us know first and we'll help you out with size, formatting, and so on. We have specific requirements for covers so that they print correctly on the high-resolution printing presses our print vendor uses.
what if we already know the size? i think ashley made a post saying 648 height 432 width in pixels on gimp . . . or something like that.
and does all the back covers have to be the standard. can we not have a thing about the author and have it inside the book, and the lighting not darkened . . . and really large text with room for everything? hmmm even after reading the publishing guide i have heaps of questions.
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While I was on Amazon, I saw that you can get one of the KP books as an ebook. Is that true? And, howcome only one book was available elctroinically? Just curious, if I ge a book published, I probably won't want an electronic version of it.
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A few of our authors have asked for an ebook version. We're still working on a way to easily publish in ebook format once a book has come out in print. Once that's in place we'll offer it as an option.
That's pretty cool. But you would think one would want to read something on paper instead of a screen. Then again, given the amount of time everyone spends faceing a screen a day, it doesn't neccisarly surprise me.
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yeah, but maybe you could have both versions out...?
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Sorry, previous comment was bout my own book. Got a bit confused.
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if the book is still kid friendly, but more of a teen/YA instead of kids book, could you put an age warning such as 11+ or 12+, but not force the age on the person, just gets parents permision, in which would already be there?
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We can publish such books under our Teen Author imprint, or put a note on the back cover.
don't you have to be older than fifteen to publish with TA though?
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We also use Teen Author for stories that are written for older readers.
Wait, is teenauthor still 69.95 or haven't you updated it yet?
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TA is the same price as KidPub Press. We'll get the site updated at some point!
i'm 12. if i published, can i have the Kidpub imprint thing?????? i'm not so into the "teenager" stage yet. but that probably doesn't matter.
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If I use a pen name, will there still have to be a picture of me on the back?
"Nobody can prevent you from choosing to be exceptional" - Mark sanborn
The picture is optional, up to you whether to include it.
Does the book have to be on lined paper or something? Where do I send the book if i get it published? And do all books get published?
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-"Great minds ask great questions."
You attatch a document.
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Books are submitted by email, usually in Word format. Once in a while we see a book that we can't publish, but really what we are trying to do is give young authors the experience of publication, not to shoot them down as not being 'good enough'.
OK, i was wondering if you could do a different size of the chapter heading. Like all of them have a line, and sort of all look the same. i was wodnering if that's something to do with the printer, or can you change it. could you do something like this
Chapter #
Some chapter title
or something like that. i'm really confused.
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That's our standard format, but we can do it differently if you have an idea that you'd like to try.
This is probably a dumb question, but if you decide to use a pen name, how do you get interviewed or whatever it is the press does? Like, you'd obviosuly be using a fake name, so do they just insert the pen name whenerver referring to you? Just checking.
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Hey in format rather than Extra Leading (i think you said that on createspace on Font size?) between paragraphs can we just double space it? it is that what you mean?
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Do you know how many words on a page? I suppose it would also matter how long the words are, but is there an estimate?
250 - 300
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thank you!
Do we sometimes find our books in libraries? And it is still possible that your book can be in a bookstore?
You can find your book in the library if your local library buys the book.
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What is a publishing guide? How do you get it?
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If you want to, can you have fewer than 250-300 words per page?
Yes you can, i think. you can either do it bigger format, ask for bigger margains and headings it think you can.
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What happens if no- one buys your book??? Has that ever happened. Please Please Please Please answer!!! So worried.
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If no one buys your book, you get no money. Simple. :/ That's why the writing world is so tough.
"No matter how strong and firm one appears, the cracks are always there." -Mingling Souls, K.R. Galvin
Pardon me for asking such a...what's the right word?...stupid...shall we say...question: is Kidpub actually a whole company, or is it just you sending books to other companies to get published. I was thinking that it seems illogical that with only a hundred something titles published each costing somewhere around $250 - not to mention how much it costs for shelf space and how much money you have to have for yourself to make a living (although the later doesn't neccisarly mean anything; as you could be working a second job or make your money elsewhere...sorry, I didn't mean for that to be rude) - you'd have to pay your employies (I do not believe I spelled that right) a fair amount given the consideration of what they do for their jobs (printing, editing, etc.). I mean, it doesn't really add up unless Kidpub is extremely small (like two or three employies) or just you single handly doing everything yourself. Although you could have other companies fund you (although I certanly don't see a lot of commercialized products other than the books you publish) or loans from banks, it seems more logical to conclude that Kidpub is not very large - or a "company" at all. Now forgive me if this is extrmely rude, but I'm just thinking aloud.
This is who I am, like it or don't, it's me; and I'm not about to change it.
KidPub Press is a Massachusetts corporation. We currently have five editors on staff, so you could say that we're a small company. KidPub Press is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Independent Publishers of New England, where I serve on the board of directors.
That BIG?! Wow! That's awesome! I was wondering why there were so many books published! And although I've never heard of them until now, conrgats on being on the board of directors. Although, did you create this website, or did the Independent Book Publishers Association
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I have two questions, please.
1. How long would my book be for sale on Kidpub.com, and Amazon.com??
2. How old do you have to be for your book to have the "Teen Author" imprint on it?
Thanks, Perry!!
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1. Books are on sale indefinitely, until either Amazon or KidPub is out of business. Trivia question: Which of the two companies was started first? Answer: KidPub, founded in 1995.
2. There's no age requirement, just let us know that you'd like to use the TA imprint.
Can you submit your story in Open Office format?
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Adding on to that, what about Microsoft Works?
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Open Office or Works is fine.
Is microsoft word ok?
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Microsoft Word's fine. It's the standard way for us to get the documents to Perry.
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Oh and . This is sort of a weird question, but, can we make like events for our books, and then have Kidpub Press put the details of the event next to the details of the book in the bookstore? Has anyone ever done that before?
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I have two questions
1 can i publish a book with just one friend instead of with a group?
2 is the book copywrited?
The book is obviously copy writed (or else it wouldn't truly be published), and I'm guessing you can publish a book with a friend if he/she wrote it with you, or at leasta few few parts with you. Ask Perry for a solid answer, though.
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Thanks! What do you meen ask Perry doesnt he respond to these
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Yep. I'm not Perry, but I know the answer to those two questions. Obviously, as Xaxvier said, ot won't truly be published if it's not copyright. As for the second question, yes, you can write a book with another person. Two girls on the KP book store wrote a book together and it's out for sale now ^_^
"No matter how strong and firm one appears, the cracks are always there." -Mingling Souls, K.R. Galvin
thanks
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How much do you have to pay to get your book puplished?
A room without a book is like a person without a soul.
$249.99. But I'm getting that number off the top of my head, so I may be a dollar off or something. Go to the KP bookstore, and click on the publishing pacakge. It'll tell you.
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Your off by 4 cents Lol
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*face palm* :P
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uuuum perry (gosh, i'm asking so many questions! i must be really annoying. i promise, this is my last question (hopefully) about publishing)
You said that when i publish i just send you an email saying 'I'm ready to publish' and i had a deal or something about the hundred buck thing. well, how long does that last for? because my book most likely will not be finished intil like 20/2013 so yeah..:3 i think my mom would be Okay to pay 250 dollars or whatever, plus 21 dollars, and also it would ahve to be transfered to my money . . . so like 300 bucks. wow. i hope my nan has a credit card (she buys like everything :D)
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I have a some questions. Please Perry read.
1. Are there anyways to lower to publishing package? The price is a lot.
2. When I do publish it ( I know I will), could it be TA and KP? Mine is sorta in both.
3. Does it cost extra to make it an ebook?
4. Um can we do a book signing even if the media doesn't film you like Kay? OR do they have to know or something?
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Perry, I have a question. If you publish a book with KidPub, can you also publish it with another company if you get the chance to? Or a few other companies?
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I think once you publish with a certain company, you have to sign a contract which basically claims that you won't have your book republished or something with another company....I think...
"Chance favours the prepared mind." -some random famouse dude
The agreement with KidPub Press is only for the first publication, so if you later want to take it to, say, Scholastic, you may.
I have a question... What if I only want a couple words on each page because they're poems. Because up there it says there are approximately 250 to 300 words per page but I wouldn't want that many or else it would cram up my poems... Could I change that for my book?
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LJM
i got the publihing guide and it said on poems you can have less if you want. just let them know what apporxamite word count you want and formate "could it be size 14 font, Arial, centered and about 30-60 words per page?" maybe.
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OK, so um, this question has nothing to do with publishing, but I may and probably will and hope to publish my book Our Western Tribe with KP, and this is my current cover. Any good?
http://www.kidpub.com/forum3/album.php?albumid=173&pictureid=1418
It's kind of small...GRRR! STUPID SMALL IMAGE! Uhm, anyways, the real one is bigger. I dunno why it's showing up all tiny there...
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Is there any possible way to lower the cost?? I saw that it was at least $249.95.......... I don't exactly have that much money.......
Could it become, less than $100
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." ~Lewis Carroll
That's what I asked! And he didn't answer me so is it okay I answer it?
I don't think so... sorry. Wished there was. But I'm only like $25 away? And it only a month and 18 days past, I think.
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Lucky you. I only have like $80.
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." ~Lewis Carroll
Unfortunately the price is what it is. Then KidPub Press first started a few years ago it was just me doing everything, and I didn't pay myself, so the price was lower. When publishig with us started get really popular I had to start hiring staff, and for some reason they all like being pai for their work. The $249 basically covers our cost of editing, designing, and printing the books.
What that means is that the way we earn money is when your books sells copies. That's why we try to help you sell books by marketing them on Amazon, through local bookstores, and on the various ereaders (Nook, Kindle, iBooks, etc).
damn. That mean if I publish with KP I have to pay $500 dollars. :(
O_O it's only $250...unless you're publishing two books. Hmm...maybe you could get your parents to somehow cough up their credit card? >:3
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no, its 500 for me to publish one book coz my countries currency is double americas. So like, in American money it 250, in my country's money its 500.
O_O Oh...I'm sorry to hear that... :( If you din't mind me asking, what country are you from? Not to sound like a stalker or anything :P
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Can I ask for what i want on my book cover and you staff can make it, show it to me and if I like it, publish it with the book cover?
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I believe it says you can in the publishing guide. But you'd have to e-mail Perry to make sure.
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Hey Perry, sorry to bug you, I know how to make covers but I'm paranoid about them being legal or whatever.. I've been looking for sites and I found one called morguefile.com but it has very limited options.. Is google okay, as long as I like, take one part from one picture and put another part from another picture with that.. Is that illegal??
I've always wanted to put a funny quote from my life into a sig. But there are to many and frankly they won't fit in the sig box!!
There are actually two problems there...the images are -possibly- legal, you'd have to find the license and read throughit to make sure. Normally mashing two or more images into a new one is not allowed, but it depends on who ownes the original images.
The second issue is that most images out on the web are fairly low resolution. Our covers are printed at 600dpi, and if you find an image on the web and do a copy-and-paste, it likely will be at 72dpi. When you try to blow that up to make it the correct resolution for printing, it gets fuzzy.
That's not to say that you can't create your own cover, in fact several of our books have author-supplied cover art. The Cryptid Mysteries, Continuum, and Legend of Darknesss pop into mind. If you plan on doing your own, just get in touch and lets us know. We have some pretty specific requirements for images, and we typically expect author-supplied cover material to be done in Photoshop.
Hand-drawn covers are really fun...we've done quite a few. For those we normally ask ou to send in the artwork, and we scan it and then return it to you.
Ok, stupid question, but for the pciture, can you put a picture you DREW of yourself, not taken? (if that doesn't make sense, I'll revise the sentence)
"I will never be a memory," -- Sepheroth, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Yeah I think it says that in the publishing guide. But like I said you'd have to email perry to make sure.
TEAM PERRY!
Lets say I publish a book that is one in a sequel, can I publish it with a preview of the next book?
TEAM PERRY!
Yes you can! i emailed perry a long time ago with that quetion and you can! it could be an entire chapter to a paragraph if yo uwant.
Let it show. Let it glow. Let it outshine the sun. Let it go. Let it fall. As you go on lives everlasting run. - Everlasting Run
Cool! Than you can get your readers interested in the next book!
In dreams begin responsibility ~ Cornelius Tower (From Tower Prep)
Can you guys at KP HQ make my book into hardcover? and, can i use the book cover someone made for me?
You could probably use the cover someone made for you you would just have to put 'Cover art by ________' or something like that on a page in it.
TEAM PERRY!
but unfortunately they don't make hardcovers :(
Let it show. Let it glow. Let it outshine the sun. Let it go. Let it fall. As you go on lives everlasting run. - Everlasting Run