Set up a text file for the cover, printed on paper that will be the same size used for the book, allowing for cutting pages after the link, containing the title in the larger print, author's name the date it is published "by [name of editor]" and the caption "Advance Reading Copy." Centering elements both horizontally and vertically is the easiest. Near the bottom of the cover in small type, place a paragraph stating that the volume is "Not for resale" and involves "advance uncorrected proofs." You can not recommend readers to quote for publication without checking the wording appears in the finished book.

Obtaining an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for your book. The U.S. agency that assigned an ISBN number is New Jersey-based RR Bowker. Although it is possible to publish without an ISBN, a fact that most of your book available on the Internet and may help them qualify for sale in bookstores and placement in libraries. Fee for the awarding of a single ISBN in September 2010 started at $ 125. Print ISBN on your author page and on the back cover, near the lower edge of the spine. Otherwise, you may want to have a printed barcode that represents your ISBN and retail price of your book, if you do, who goes on the back cover instead of integer.

Use the back cover for any promotional information until you file your CDP. This may include a copy prepared for the jacket flaps, "Presentation" obtained from the author's mentors or others whose voices may lend the authority of the book and author information and marketing plans such as readings and appearances by the author. Provide information to contact the editor, click here.

Format the front cover to look like the cover of the book will look, other than adding the caption "Advance Reading Copy;. Not For Resale" Use the technique that you have prepared and signed the title compound and . Most of the CDP was sent today by traditional publishers take this form, even though the CRA is a perfect place as a paperback and will be a first edition hardcover with dust jacket. If you have already s. You might as well use it early in your marketing campaign.

Format of the spine, more simply, with byline, title, date the book is being published, the publisher and perhaps a word of identification such as "Fiction" or "Mystery". A thorn-less finish is actually more protection for you as it is difficult for the readers of your error ARC published a book on the shelf. If your book is very thin, you can print the information backbone along the edge of the cover closest to the spine.

Place the cover back nicely, perhaps using some of the fonts in the cover page and a photo of the author. Focus on making marketing information easy to scan and find. Remember the ISBN or bar, or contact the editor, and cautioned against citing uncorrected proof without verification.