Think I Found What I Need

I think I have finally found what I needed thanks to some people over on gather helping me out. I can't afford anything at this time more than what I'm paying so when someone told me about Scribus 1.3.3.14 I went over to check it out. It seems like a fairly descent program that will get the job done. Right now I'm scanning over and putting the proof reads into my draft on the computer making it perfect before starting to put into book form in scribus. I will update ya'll more later after actually using the program. Other than that everything bases around next month hopefully by the 7th or 8th I will have the ebook ready to go.

Another Frustration

Another frustration... I now have almost all the money needed to pay for my book cover which is great then I was looking over CreateSpace and know I need a interior done as well. I guess I always seemed you send the pdf file and it sorts it for you but this isn't the case you either do it yourself or you pay someone to do it. I really can't afford to pay someone since doing the graphic designer for the cover and all.

So I have been told I can do the interior on Word which is great but I don't have it on my computer and when I went to go see where I could get it I found that its a paid program that cost almost $200 can't afford that either. Same goes for Adobe InDesign which was the other program I was told about and if I remember right its almost $500. Now I'm left back at the beginning again and not sure what I'm going to do and don't know where to start.

It is funny because I always knew I was a writer just waited for a good time in my life to write a book. But I never knew how much went into self publishing this is so hard and sites talk in such riddles. I never did finish school so I feel stupid asking for help but not sure what to do at this point. If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

Book Cover Almost Done

My mom finally finished proof reading my book today and she said she loved it and she hardly ever reads anything but mystery and sci fi books so that is the biggest compliment. Me and my graphic designer tonight went over book covers and its weird I guess I thought it would take a month or so to get what I needed but she hit the nail on the head the first picture she sent we just had to make a small few changes mostly in the writing and its done. Now I just got to purchase the pics which are stock photos and we will be on our way. From what I have learned a graphic designer that can't show you ideas along the way before payment isn't worth having. She is keeping me in every step and I love that. Also stock photos I have learned are the way to go cause you can use them instantly even if you do purchase them. Now mine are going to cost me $15 for two images but if your more specific of what your looking for like I was sometimes you have to pay a little more on sites that have it. Anyways I'm off to sweet dreams but I can't wait to get this done and ready to go. Been reading over CreateSpace am so lost though on the formats and all. Too tired to think so will read over it again tomorrow night.

Great News!!!

Well today started out pretty bad but turned out to be a great day. I spent the day reading up on things with ebooks and the covers and stuff. Found out if I went with a graphic designer I would probably need a stock photo or a couple compared to just using any old picture off the internet unless I got permission from the photographer which can take a bit of time. Well after that I found several graphic designers that I decided to email because they were in a descent price range. Well they all seemed great but one woman went far and beyond and helped me with things I didn't even know about in the blogging world. So because of this she is the one I chose to work wiht. I really do believe what I read online today you just got to click with your artist and me and her did she has a great personality. Later on I will reveal her name if she says its ok but I'm so happy now I have someone who is going to help me in this process. Now some more lose ends to tie up and I'm on my way to publishing my first book. :)