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Adobe Photoshop Digital Photo-Painting Book Production Part 8

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UPDATE:

Hold on, KDP has a problem with the spine of the cover. They sent an email this morning. It appears they think the lettering and logo on the spine are too large. Here is part of the email:

We checked your files and found issues you need to fix before your book can be published on KDP:

Cover

  • Update the size of your spine text in your cover file. Spine text needs at least 0.0625″ (1.6 mm) on either side so that it doesn’t wrap onto the front or back cover.

Where possible, we give page numbers with examples. To make sure your entire book meets our guidelines, please review your entire manuscript file and fix all issues.

I had to spend the morning making the corrections to the spine and upload the cover again. So we’re still in the review mode. They say it can take up to 72 hours for the review to take place. So we’re in a waiting mode for the moment.

Yesterday, after pressing the publish button and seeing my book “In Review” I thought it’s done! I’m the author of a printed book. It’s on Amazon! Not Quite.

The revised version of the proof book came Monday. I went through with my correction/additions list, and all the changes look good. I did find one addition correction that I was not on my list. It’s not a correction but an addition to the subject of the sentence clearer. So this morning, I uploaded the revised version, and after previewing, I clicked the Publish button. Presto, the printed listing of the book’s status went from Draft to In Review. Well, now it’s done. We’ll see what happens.

Since going live with the e-book last week, much has been happening both personally and professionally. As I said in my last entry, I found out my golf season has ended because of problems with my right leg. I can only stand for a few minutes before the pain in the right hip and knee is too much. I’ll have to live with this until January when I’m having my right hip replaced. The surgery should resolve the problem with the knee, although I will not be surprised if I have to have the right knee replaced down the road.

Friday night, I was part of the MAG artist group displaying our paintings at the Weinegars Sweet and Treats, a bakery, coffee shop, and tearoom in downtown Manassas. Because of the cold night, the traffic was lighter than last year’s walk. It was nice to get out and display my digital photo-paintings to the public. I also had on display the 2020 PBS Studios calendar and the proof copy of the book.

I got some very nice responses to my “Digital Photo-Painting using Adobe Photoshop” book announcement email. Thank you for your support. I appreciate it!