Publishing Learning Center

Upload PDF & Covers

Finally, here's where you put it all together and start marketing — and selling — your book. Be sure to get some copies printed for friends and family.

Media basket

Your media basket holds all the items that you need to produce your book (and perhaps create book-related merchandise). By having all images in a basket, you can add them to multiple products and easily view them all at once. Note: Media not used on books or related merchandise products will be removed periodically. Make sure you keep copies of the originals!

Document basket

This basket will contain your manuscript document in PDF format after you've successfully uploaded it. Remember, PDF uploads are currently limited to 100MB. If your PDF is larger, you can reduce its size by compressing any embedded images or switching images from JPEG to PNG format.

To add your PDF file to this folder, click the '"Add Document" button.

Image basket

To ensure that your book or published work is searchable in the CafePress Marketplace, you will need to Tag your images. Do this by adding keywords that describe both your work's content as well as your cover art in the dedicated fields provided.

For information on preparing your images, visit our Image Workshop. Please note that all images must have a minimum height and width of 200 pixels and should be in RGB color format (not CMYK).

Click "Upload" to send images to our site. It might take some time depending on the size of each file and your Internet connection speed. Be patient!

Having trouble uploading an image? You might find needed assistance by reviewing our Image Upload FAQ.

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