Hi! Happy December! It’s been busy around here, especially with the holidays approaching. I had originally intended to do a different post today, one where I would talk about the latest book I am reading or the latest book I am writing about (Or should say rewriting about), but I decided that I wanted to do a post about my frustration with IngramSpark.
I guess I now understand why people are getting so upset when it comes to Ingramspark. I just recently went on IngramSpark to correct a mistake I had made about two weeks ago. I seemed to be successful when it came to publishing the hardcover copy of An Orman’s Revenge. I even managed to get a few sales on the hardcover edition of the book. However, when I decided to do the paperback version of the same book, I ran into some issues, including trying to change the book cover of the book. Thinking that I would be able to use the same cover for the paperback as I did with the hardcover, I uploaded it to my IngramSpark dashboard and waited.
Unfortunately, my book didn’t upload to IngramSpark. The reason? The margins for the book cover didn’t match for the paperback version of the book. Now, they have stated that they wanted me to do a book cover template to upload the cover. Do I have a problem with this? Not really. I have been experimenting with trying to do the book cover for a while now on Canva. I guess it would be time for me to figure it out and upload it to see what happens.
But I still had a gripe with them because they do not have a feature where you can delete the book and start over, something in which I wanted to do considering the book cover looked terrible. I searched everywhere but yet, I couldn’t find the feature anywhere. With Amazon, I am able to have the option of deleting my book whenever I want. What a difference a book distribution makes.
Oh well, I guess I will have to start back at ground zero when it comes to IngramSpark….after they approve or disapprove my changes.
See you soon.
Dominique Gibson
