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Last year, I gave a presentation on book cover design and I grabbed some book covers off my Twitter feed from indie authors as examples of «common book design mistakes.»

Find out how to make your book look just like those from the traditional publishing houses in my post 20 Rookie Interior Book Design Mistakes to Avoid.

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The final deadly mistake is not following common design principles, which is something that Steve Krug talks about in his book Don't Make Me Think.

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Do not make the mistake of many self - publishing authors who hire a professional editor but then have their book designed by a family member with little or no book experience.

You'll learn the common design mistakes that kill sales, as well as the simple tweak that tripled my book sales.

There are a lot of mistaken assumptions about how book covers are supposed to look, and that has led to thousands of badly designed indie published books.

Authors walked in to the store each week and Chandler was frustrated by the mistakes she witnessed: lack of editing, amateur cover designs that clearly looked self - published, books priced inappropriately, and authors lacking a marketing plan or an understanding about the publishing industry.

Or, have you made the common mistake of using your back cover copy for your book description — copy designed to grab a readers attention when they pick up your book in a store but not necessarily search optimized.

Ogorek asks Hall the what the keys are to making a book cover design work really well, what design mistakes he sees most often on book covers and tips for first time authors.

Get a beautifully designed book, while saving money, time, and hassles by working with professionals and avoiding expensive mistakes in print - file preparation.

If an author supplies an ISBN, but Elegant Book Design is creating the ISBN barcode and introduces a mistake, Elegant Book Design will correct the ISBN and barcode free of charge.

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But, since I'm deeply committed to helping indie authors and pretty established in the publishing community, I've devoted thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours into building DIY book cover tools, templates and resources — so authors can design their own covers without making critical mistakes.

Authors tend to make the same mistakes, unless they're educated about what a book cover design is actual for or what it has to do.

Ryan, you've worked with authors to design their books for over five years now, what's the number one mistake newbie authors make about design?

-LSB-...] 3 Book Cover Design Mistakes To Avoid When Self Publishing a Book 11/05/2011 By Anthony Leave a Comment Welcome to another actionable tips video.

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The article, titled «The Art and Effort Behind Beautiful Cover Designs,» delves into common mistakes that can dramatically affect book sales.

There is a lot of practical advice in this self - publishing themed issue to help you get it right, from avoiding common mistakes (p5) to making sure your book is well edited (p6) to a 3 - page tutorial on designing your own book cover (p10).

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Many people tend to skimp on book cover design, which is a mistake, if you ask me.

This is the second post in the Book Cover FAIL series, focusing on the common causes of cover design mistakes by self - publishing authors and offering solutions to avoid them.

Once you think the book is finished, review it to catch any final mistakes in writing or design.

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Some of the most common mistakes authors and publishers make when it comes to interior book design include omitting hyphens, incorrect margin size, imperfect justification, and allowing widow / orphan lines of text.

But underestimating the importance of professional interior book design is a mistake, even during a heyday of digital formats and e-reading.

I've invested thousands of dollars into online book design tools and resources, to help indie authors design better books without making amateur mistakes.

This mistake leads to big problems: a book with gaping holes and humiliating errors, a shallow and ineffective marketing plan, a bad first impression due to an amateurish cover design, launch delays, and more.

Capcom seems to be taking a page or two out of Silent Hill's book on freaky ass creature design, because the creatures that star in this latest batch of art and screenshots that were posted on the official Resident Evil Facebook are just gross enough that I could mistake a few of them as belonging to our favorite foggy town.

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