It's definitely worth it to spend some time thinking
about your book cover before you ask your designer to start working.
Not exact matches
I haven't ever been here
before and I don't know if I'll be here again and so I'm just going to let myself be happy and dorky
about the fact that my name is on the
cover of a
book and I wrote that
book and I love that
book so much and I'm excited
about people actually reading it.
This is one of the few
books that is not only
about breastfeeding, but
covers other things as well including how to prepare for a baby, what kind of diet to consume
before and after pregnancy, how to sanitize the skin
before feeding the baby, what to do in case the baby doesn't enjoy breastfeeding, and in what quantity should a mom feed.
For those commenters who were asking
about books to read on early (er) potty learning (i.e., not potty learning from birth, usually called Elimination Communication, but earlier than is usually done today in North America and Britain) I recommend Jill M. Lekovic's «Diaper - Free
Before 3»: http://www.diaperfreebefore3.com/excerpt.html She can be a little intimidating (if I remember correctly her chapter on «later» potty learning
covers starting after 6 - 9 months, which could freak many people out, I know), but her methods are gentle, respectful (of child and parent) and quite Montessori in many respects (going back to Hedra's comments above).
He spoke for
about 5 minutes
before sitting and signing, describing the «three basic stories»
covered in his
book.
Wow, its always very difficult when i have to talk
about my self, its like telling me to write a whole
book... lol, well one can't judge the
book by its
cover, i am an honest, caring, understanding and romantic woman, i have been hurt
before and it took me time
before i decided to move on wit...
Before - and - After Book Reports Students write a brief report about what they think a book will be about — based on the book's cover — before they actually re
Before - and - After
Book Reports Students write a brief report about what they think a book will be about — based on the book's cover — before they actually read
Book Reports Students write a brief report
about what they think a
book will be about — based on the book's cover — before they actually read
book will be
about — based on the
book's cover — before they actually read
book's
cover —
before they actually re
before they actually read it.
You need to have a great title and be sure
about it
before you start the
cover design, because
book covers have to compensate.
Getting an editor and a great
cover design are big steps in publishing that I am very vocal
about authors seeking
before publishing their work, and
book formatting is another key I don't mention enough.
-LSB-...] posted
before about how we do judge
books by their
covers, so I could have answered that question with a flippant «a lot,» included a link to -LSB-...]
Before creating a
book cover design, it's important for the author and graphic designer to discuss the overall design goals, the audience and what the
book is
about so that a design concept can be created.
Secondly, the free design consultation also gives you an opportunity to learn more
about me, the
book design process and an opportunity to brain storm and talk
about the design direction for the
cover before I get started.
Sometimes we love a
book SO much around here that two of us wind up posting
about it (and sometimes one of those two — who normally is very careful to check the archives to avoid such a situation — doesn't realize she's writing
about a
book that's already been
covered till right
before...
I was first drawn to this novel by the
cover and the title,
before I even knew what this
book was
about.
Shrink your
cover down
before you publish and make sure that you can read the title, your name and get some sense of what the
book is
about at a small size.
If the author changes their mind
about the size of the
book (we'll discuss it
before I start to find the size that will maximize your profits and if you pick 5 x 8 and then after I've completed the files then you decide you want a 6 x 9 or some other size) and I have to recreate both the interior and
cover files, then they will have to pay for a whole new set of files at my regular pricing or quoted price because I will have to remake the files at this new size.
I've talked
before about self - publishing, how it's been a huge boon to my writing career, but also how authors should temper their expectations: realize that writing, editing, designing a
cover for, formatting and converting, and marketing a self - published
book is a lot of hard work, and is less likely than the lottery to make you rich.
You may remember back in April I hosted a
cover reveal for this
book, well now I'm delighted to welcome you to my first stop on the blog tour for The Chateau of Happily Ever Afters,
before we get to the guest post here is what the
book is
about.
Read on to learn everything you need to know
about how to make your own
book covers before publication.
As I've mentioned
before, indie authors need to be careful
about where they get their
book cover images to avoid stress and legal action, but as I've also mentioned
before, it's a messy, gray area.
This gives you valuable feedback on the
cover and also helps you start spreading the word
about your
book before you launch it!
That became the
cover story of Scientific American
about eight months
before my
book was published.
Craft a catchy press release
Before you waste time doing this, go through all the
book coverage from journalists you're interested in and find out, again, whether they
cover your genre and whether they have ever written
about or talked to self - published authors.
It was the «lost» chapter of a
book he'd published two years
before, called «One Day I'll Write
About This Place», for which I helped design the
cover.
We have discussed this
before when talking
about the
book, The Not - So - Still Life, which
covers a century of California painting and sculpture.
That became the
cover story of Scientific American
about eight months
before my
book was published.