This is a product review on Product Creator Pro, another product in our review series.
Product Creator Pro allows you to quickly and easily create stunning books, newsletters, reports, and more. Product creation has never been easier.
What our first reviewer said:
If you are looking for a easy way to format either a book, newsletter, or report then this product is what you are looking for.
This is a step by step process that will help you create a professional looking product that you will be proud to put your name on.
What our second reviewer said:
Product Creator Pro is a product design platform. It claims to be a push-button simple way to create beautiful ebooks, reports and newsletters. You simply create your document in Word, then log into Product Creator Pro and let it do the rest.
1. You choose a product type (eBook, Report, or Newsletter.)
2. Then, you choose your cover.
3. Personalize by uploading a cover image, a logo, and an author photo. This is also the step where you enter your title and subtitle. If you haven’t already set up your profile, you can do that here too, so your name gets pulled as the author.
4. Choose your page template. This is the layout and style of the pages within your eBook. You can also choose a single column or double column layout.
5. This is where you upload your Word document.
6. You will then be taken to an editor, where you can look over your document and do any editing that you need to do.
7. The final step is where you preview and download your document.
Now, here are some thoughts about all of the above.
When uploading a cover image and author photo, it doesn’t give any guidance about what size to use, and you have no control in positioning them. They will be placed according to the sample shown, so you have to try to guess what size photo is going to fit and then just try again if it doesn’t work. Not every cover uses the same size pictures.
Whatever you set in the profile is the information that’s going to be on the cover. You aren’t allowed to save multiple profiles, although I’m told that will be available later at a higher price. You can change the information each time you go through it if you want different information on different products.
It ONLY accepts .docx so you must use a newer version of Word to be able to upload your document. You are able to cut and paste though if you need to.
The preview is kind of hard to really check out. It would be nice to have a zoom feature, so you can really get a good look before you use a download credit on it. If you need to change something after the preview, you have the option of using the Back button to get to the part you want to change, or click Start Over to clear everything and start again. A Navigation bar would be great, so you could go right to the one thing you need to change.
You can’t force a page break if you don’t like the way things look. You also can’t use tables.
There are currently two options on pricing. You can go with a free version which allows 3 download credits per month and limited page templates, and has “created by Cover Creator Pro” on all of your downloads. Or you can choose the Premium version which costs $299 per year and gives you 20 downloads per month, no branding on your finished products, access to all of the page templates. It also provides some additional training. Image credits do not roll over from one month to the next. Each month you will start with the monthly allotment.
If you sign up for the free version and then upgrade from within your account, you are given some additional options for payment: $49 per month, $129 per quarter, $199 per six-months, or $299 per year.
Product Creator Pro is something I’ve been very excited about, and still am. The functionality is a little limited right at the moment, but I know the developers are working on adding new features. They’ve already added image support, which wasn’t available when I first started testing this.
Here is a list of things that it won’t do, but I’m told are coming:
- Multiple user profiles (additional cost)
- Zoom feature for the product preview.
- Kindle support.
- CreateSpace support (probably after Kindle)
- Navigation bar for the steps.
- Support for tables, page breaks, background colors, and non-standard fonts.
Honestly, although it seems like it might be best to wait until the features are added to upgrade to the premium version, I have a feeling that with added features, the price may go up. I don’t know this for sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Once some of its limitations are addressed, this is going to be very powerful.
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