- As a continued part of the
Self-Published Book Unboxing series,
we're gonna go look at the CreateSpace book print
on demand distribution platform, so stay tuned.
Welcome to self-publishing with Dale,
where you'll learn to publish books that sell,
and build an unstoppable brand.
As a continuing part of the Self-Published
Book Unboxing series, we're gonna take a look
at the CreateSpace book distribution platform.
There is many great features about CreateSpace
that many of us are going to miss
since their merge to KDP Print.
However, there are a few people that are still sticking
around over on the CreateSpace platform,
so I was very fortunate to reach out to one of
the indie authors and supporters of the channel,
to see if I could actually get something
from CreateSpace headquarters.
It should be noted, we're gonna be focusing
on three qualities when reviewing some
of these books when we're unboxing them.
We're focused on delivery time,
shipping and handling and the quality.
We're gonna take a look at these three key metrics
when it comes to all these distribution platforms,
so without any further ado,
let's take a look at CreateSpace's distribution.
I'm very happy with CreateSpace.
They've really taken care of me
and thousands of other indie authors.
The content that they put out is stellar
and their delivery method is really good,
but let's go ahead and take a look at my experience
when it came to getting these two books in the mail.
Now, Mary actually ordered this and it took about 12 days
to get to my place, this was standard shipping
and this is typical for CreateSpace.
There's never any real rush.
It's not like using Amazon Prime, when you order direct
from CreateSpace's platform, it's typically gonna
take about a week to two weeks to get to your house.
The shipping and handling, I've always been very very happy
with over on the CreateSpace platform.
They get it.
As a person who likes books, I like collecting books,
I like having them, I like them to be in good,
near-pristine condition, so you can imagine
how underwhelmed I am when I receive a package
that actually has my books in a bubble-wrap.
Because bubble wrap doesn't safely and securely store
my book when it goes from warehouse to my house.
However CreateSpace nails this.
In this particular instance, they sent these two books
in a rather large sized box.
Normally when I've ordered some books through CreateSpace,
they will put it in a small delivery package,
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kind of like what I show here inside this picture.
Now, as far as the quality goes, you really can't find
much better than what CreateSpace's printers have done.
These are both glossy covers and the one,
being the actual just journal here, is a white paper,
it's not too bad, and then we have this other one,
this one actually is cream colored.
So both of them are great cuts, the glossiness
you can smudge up a little bit but for the most part
all you gotta do is just wipe it off,
and it's clean fairly quickly.
As far as the cover placement goes,
there's really no distinguishing difference
than most books you're gonna find in any bookstore.
However, my own personal experience,
it varies from one cut to the next.
Overall, I think that there is many notes
that other online distribution platforms can take
from CreateSpace and how they fulfill the print orders.
I've never been too happy with the delivery time
with CreateSpace but I've been super happy
with how I've received it.
The corrugated boxing really helps with my peace of mind
as well as the overall safety of my books,
so it shows up in great condition.
What do you think, do you like having your books
in pristine condition when you order them?
Do you think your readers feel that way?
I definitely would love to hear from you.
That's about all I have to say about CreateSpace today,
however, we're gonna continue pushing forward
in the Self-Published Book Unboxing series,
so you're gonna wanna make sure that you head
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right over to the next video
where we're gonna discuss another distribution platform.
I'll see you there.