It mattered more in Vinyl Village as it was mostly photographs. I chose black ink and 55-pound white paper for my previous photo book, Vinyl Village, available here and for my photo-illustrated book of stories and essays, A Place to Start, available here. If I had used standard color ink and 55-pound paper, the lower printing cost would have let me sell it for $9.99 and earn about the same royalty. This ink and paper option increases the book’s printing cost, which is why I listed Square Photographs at $15.99. This Help page at Kindle Direct Publishing explains the options. Even if all of your photographs are black-and-white, choose this paper and ink option. The premium color ink and 60-pound paper option gives good contrast and tones, both for black-and-white and color images. Right now, that’s “premium color ink and 60# (100 GSM) white paper.” All other options will lead to low-contrast images and muted tones.
Lessons learned Premium color ink, 60-pound paper, and a glossy coverįirst and foremost, when your book is entirely or primarily about photographs, choose the best paper and ink option available. I’ll share how I did that for Square Photographs. In short, you create and upload print-ready PDFs of your book’s manuscript and cover. I’ll also share some tips on how to create a book for Kindle Direct Publishing. I thought I’d share with you some lessons that I’ve learned. It turned out great, with good, vibrant colors and excellent contrast. I’ve now produced two books of photographs for sale on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing, my newest being Square Photographs, which is available on Amazon here.
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