That means authors have to make hundreds of
decisions about cover design, digital or print, keywords, categories, vendors, as well as manuscript formatting.
Over the past few years I've published hundreds of
articles about cover design and book marketing; and I've spoken at many writing conferences and on a few self - publishing podcasts.
In addition to helping you decide on a great title, we'll give you expert
advice about your cover design, website and social media, possible marketing angles and your marketing goals.
Moreover, self - publishing felt like a chore: finding editors,
thinking about cover design, comparing distribution options — it all seemed beyond the scope of my abilities.
Set in Stone: Oakwood Cemetery Cover Designer: DBS Publishing
Comments about cover design I wanted something dynamic and wanted to use one of the interior photographs on the cover.
Indie authors growing their fanbase probably don't have enough loyal fans to care so much
about their cover design as to be overawed at the prospect of having the curtains slowly drawn back so they can behold an author's cover design for the first time.
Mick Rooney at The Independent Publishing Magazine, carried a guest post from Joshua Jadon, a book cover designer for New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of all genres, with a handy set of do's and do
n'ts about cover design.
Don't necessarily listen to your coach or mentor (especially if they're an indie author, not a cover designer — a lot of indie authors are
opinionated about cover design but use ugly covers themselves).
This could be following up on pitches (I pitch books mid-week, never Monday or Friday), chasing contracts and money, organizing promotional plans for a client's book with marketing and publicity, chatting with my colleagues about their work, forwarding reviews of client books to our foreign rights manager for her book fair catalogues, consulting with
clients about cover design, talking to clients about new book ideas and many more things!
I'll admit I don't have strong
feelings about cover design reveals: but I don't think they work, and I think my opinion may have some validity and usefulness, so I'll share it.
We also
talk about cover design, audio book production, and a first on the Rocky Mountain Writer — none other than Siri barges her way into the conversation.
Set in Stone: Magnolia Cemetery Cover Designer: DBS Publishing
Comments about cover design I wanted something dynamic and wanted to use one of the interior photographs on the cover.
That means authors have to make hundreds of
decisions about cover design, digital or print, keywords, categories, vendors, as well as... Continue Reading
You're close to crafting that final sentence, you want to start
thinking about cover designs and marketing and you're wondering whether you also need to get one of those odd - looking 13 - digit numbers and bar codes you've seen on the back of books.
Think through what you really feel (
about a cover design, a draft blurb, some marketing ideas.)
In it, I learned
about cover design, self - promotion and what does — and doesn't!
We'll be having a stand at the London Book Fair this year if you'd like to come and see us and talk
about cover design or a website our stand number is 1F49.