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Selling Your eBook On Pothi

Pothi.com is a self-publishing platform focused on the Indian market, letting authors sell ebooks and print-on-demand books with no upfront cost. Setting up an account and publishing is straightforward, but there’s one formatting requirement that trips people up.

Making Use of Flickr.com Images

Flickr hosts millions of Creative Commons-licensed photos, but not every CC-licensed image is safe to use on a book cover you’re planning to sell. Here’s how to search correctly and stay within the license terms.

Buying and Downloading Images From Depositphotos.com

Depositphotos is a paid stock photo library with a large catalog and clear licensing, making it a solid option when a free stock site doesn’t have what you need. Here’s how to find, buy, and download an image.

Selling Your eBooks On Smashwords

Smashwords remains one of the largest independent ebook storefronts, but the way you get your book there has changed. As of 2026, you no longer publish directly through Smashwords — instead, you publish through Draft2Digital, which now owns and operates Smashwords, and select the Smashwords store as one of your distribution destinations.

Print On Demand Book Sizing

Amazon KDP Print offers a fixed set of trim sizes for both paperback and hardcover. Picking the right one affects not just how your book looks on a shelf, but your printing cost and royalty margin.

Editing PDF Formats

Editing a small detail in a PDF is more annoying than it should be — PDFs aren’t built to be edited directly the way a Word document is. Here’s the fastest path, depending on what you have available.

Selling Your Book On Lulu

Lulu is a self-publishing platform supporting both print-on-demand and ebooks. Opening an account and uploading a book is straightforward.

Goodreads

Goodreads is one of the largest concentrations of active readers online, and — since it’s owned by Amazon — activity there can feed directly into your book’s broader discoverability.

Creating A Book Cover For Your eBook

Your book cover carries more weight than almost anything else in your listing — it’s the first thing a reader sees, often reduced to a thumbnail the size of a postage stamp on a phone screen. Here’s how to approach it.

Types of Licenses For Stock Images

Not every stock photo license permits the same uses — and for a book cover specifically, the license type actually matters, since your cover is a commercial, resold product. Here’s what each license type means.

How Do I Quickly Resize My Book Cover

Most ebook aggregators require a book cover of at least 1600 x 2400 pixels. If your cover file is a different size, here’s how to resize it using tools you likely already have — no downloads needed.