Working through the CreateSpace publishing process using an ebook with fewer pages – a lot fewer pages than my last abortive attempt.

This time I chose my short story book, A Scamp, A Scalawag, And A Patsy: Daniel Buys A Horse And Other Stories, which only had 54 pages after I set it up for CreateSpace. Based on the number of pages, the paper color (cream), and the trim size (5.25″ x 8″), the CreateSpace cover tool created the template you see in the graphic for this post.

Since I didn’t have...