"Cover copy" refers to the text that is usually printed on the covers of books or other media products. It is the short description or summary of what the content is about, designed to grab the reader's attention and give them an idea of what they will find inside.
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I have a broad range of skills beyond editing, including
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Sometimes I send the summary prior to the completing the manuscript since I often develop my back
cover copy in advance.
I have a
hard cover copy in my office, and the illustration is beautiful, and the story is a very feel good one.
Think of your back
cover copy like a movie trailer, giving enough details to interest readers, but not so much to spoil their fun.
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cover copy as soon as possible, share share tips for working as efficiently as possible.
You've come up with some good, proactive ways to work beyond
hat cover copy.
I've heard that the reason that publishers aren't including the
color cover copy is because the digital readers are black and white.
They help the managing editor in the meeting of monthly copyright document and
cover copy document.
You will be
writing cover copy, marketing copy, and pitching your book to media, bloggers, distributors, and bookstores.
, as well as a clean, well - formatted copy of the
back cover copy for them to cut and paste.
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That's one of the many reasons Kris and I have always taught writers to learn how to write
good cover copy and blurbs that will sell.
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Image left: The Particle, 2005, Rubber bands, EPDM rubber bands, human skull, copper
covered copy of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, x-ray.
Authors submit a 50,000 + word book to Scout,
with cover copy, logline, bio, etc..
I also am the person who writes the Blurbs / Back
Cover Copy if authors need that service.
Beneath your 4 — 5 payoff statements, finish your back
cover copy by using 2 — 4 sentences that provide a brief bio in a manner that explains why you're worth trusting.
Again, I could hire someone for that copy development; I recently had the Do Share Inspire back
cover copy rewritten by a professional.
Presumably the new Uncharted series sales figure also
covers copies sold in bundles, which would inflate the figure higher than it would normally be.
This is even more true today with Amazon's «Look Inside» function; fancy covers are nice and good back -
cover copy helps, but when you can read the first two or three chapters online, you weed out the over-hyped and underdone stuff very quickly.
Cover copy alleges that this 2.35:1, 1080p presentation was sourced from the original camera negative, and I'm inclined to believe it: grain has that ultra-fine, answer - print quality and textures — and textiles (dig the occasionally loud»70s attire)-- really pop.
Scream Factory's
cover copy implies the main difference is aspect ratios: Disc 1 presents the film in the HD - native aspect ratio of 1.78:1 and disc 2 in 1.66:1 — the latter billed as a «new 2K scan at director David Cronenberg's preferred aspect ratio.»
While I can see why this might concern some agents, most authors also don't end up writing their own back
cover copy either.
Good back
cover copy gives readers a taste of what your book is about in an appealing, intriguing way.
And there's
official cover copy for it now and everything, so I have updated the official Victory of the Hawk page with it!
And I've heard plenty of stories from large publishers where the back
cover copy mostly comes from the editor massaging the cover letter the agent sent them about the book, which came from the agent's massage of the author's query letter — with many sentences identical all the way through.
And let's not forget these skills come in quite handy when
composing cover copy for Amazon and Smashwords for those of us who are self - published.
Keep this question in the forefront of your mind as an author and be sure your back
cover copy proclaims clear and high value to the reader.
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