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Creating the same book with different covers

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Creating the same book with different covers

 

Want to start creating the same book with different covers?

Wish you knew HOW to do that?

URGENT!  BEFORE you start creating duplicate books …

Amazon does NOT like multiple copies of the same book, even if the cover is different –  so I have a solution – keep reading …

BEFORE your PUBLISH the first book

I highly recommend one extra step during the upload/publishing phase:

  • add a SERIES NAME to this first book
  • as each NEW book is created, add it to THIS Series so that all the books with different coloured covers will be in “one group” or “Series” on Amazon, making it easy for buyers to see there are OTHER coloured covers.

My quick and easy way to solve this dilemma!

I have used this technique and it works 100%

For the TYPES OF BOOKS I create I use the Keynote for Mac app on my laptop, which is the same as Powerpoint. I use this software because:

  1. it’s easy to set up MASTER page LAYOUTS for different styles within my book
  2. it’s easy to set up BORDERS for book pages to appear automatically depending on the LAYOUT I choose.

When I decided to DUPLICATE a book, all I need to do is:

  1. duplicate the book and RENAME it to the new version of the book, for example, Beautiful Soul Journal (with Blue Cover) can now have a duplicate file called – Beautiful Soul Journal (with Pink Cover)
  2. in the NEW version of the book I open up the Keynote file, and find the first page which already has a BORDER around it (one that I created in that first book)
  3. to access the Border, I select the EDIT SLIDE LAYOUT button on the screen of my laptop
  4. in this new screen, I can add to the design (by including words or elements, little pictures of butterflies (whatever I like), change the border from straight lines to curly or dotted lines etc, all of which make this LAYOUT look DIFFERENT from the first version
  5. I click the DONE button to save my changes
  6. I save the file, and to all intents and purposes, this is now a NEW VERSION of the first book, and is classified as DIFFERENT because I have altered the “theme” of the borders throughout the entire book.
  7. Amazon will now see this as A BRAND NEW BOOK because it is NOT 100% EXACTLY THE SAME as the first book
  8. I also change anything on the Front Pages for this new version.

When I upload this second book with:

  1. its NEW edited pages and changes
  2. its new coloured COVER
  3. its new TITLE

Amazon will be happy to upload this new book.

If I want more coloured covers on the same book, I repeat the simple steps above to make sure the new versions of the book are all different in small ways.

Time taken: about 10-15 minutes per book.

My solution for multiple books onAmazon KDP

In my experience, the easiest way to do this is to:

  • create multiple covers
  • upload the first book’s 2 PDFs (cover and interior pages)
  • TYPE A SERIES NAME on the first KDP page for uploading
  • proceed to publish.

For the rest of the books:

  • follow the same process
  • upload a DIFFERENT COVER for each one
  • upload the NEW interior pages PDF (step-by-step process is detailed above)
  • ADD each book to the SERIES already created
  • continue to Publish each one.

So far, there is no faster / easier / simpler way to achieve this result.

This is a PRINT-ON-DEMAND solution, and each book requires its own version to be uploaded.

If you want to use ISBNs, each book will need its own ISBN

  • I buy a set of 10 ISBN at a time, which works out to $A8.90 per book.

Using KDP Amazon A+ for BONUS marketing!

An added bonus to having these multiple books in a Series is that we can use A+ marketing on Amazon KDP to display our Series, showimages with ALL the different covers, and link to the other books in the Series.

My solution for Spiral-bound books

I create my spiral-bound books on Lulu.com.

I follow the exact same process as my Amazon KDP process.

  • Both of these work great!

Let me know what you’re planning to upload, and please do get in touch if you have a question 🙂

I’d love to know your thoughts on this – please do let me know if this makes sense –  reach out in one or more of these ways 🙂

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Can’t wait to hear from you — and hopefully SEE you in an upcoming Zoom Author Chat!

Ciao ciao for now,

Happy writing!

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