About Site - A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
About Blog A blog
about book cover design, interior layout design and typesetting, and advice for self - publishing authors.
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«All things book marketing» podcast — Everything you should know
about book covers with Joel Friedlander!
A word
about the book cover art.
I didn't know enough
about book cover art to create my own covers, even with the special kit I purchased.
This month, we focused on giving advice
about book cover design, and we'd like to recognise the time and effort that was put into creating the covers on CompletelyNovel.com by launching a competition to choose the CompletelyNovel Book Cover of the Month.
They can also make decisions
about their book cover design, interior design, etc..
It's definitely worth it to spend some time thinking
about your book cover before you ask your designer to start working.
When you become a Kwill Author we will send you a questionnaire
about your book cover preferences.
That's kind of when I got into learning
about book covers as I'm learning about marketing.
Once we talk
about your book cover design, you can then make a deposit on one of the our custom cover packages we offer.
We will need information
about your book cover such as book title, tagline, printing specifications and other information,
In this post, «5 Things Every Author Needs to Understand
About Book Cover Design,» Brooke Warner talks about the importance of book cover design, including some of the points we discussed in the recent Wordherder meeting.
In this week's episode, Iain and Myke talk
about book covers and the many factors you need to consider when designing one!
There is another reason to ask your audience (and potential readers) to contribute to the discussion
about your book cover — and yes I realise I am telling you this as I am about to ask you for feedback on the cover options but this series is supposed to be an honest peek behind self - publishing so...
I love to learn
about book cover designing.
We want to share some information and some of our opinions
about the book cover industry, We have a list of authors we have worked with, who plan to interview.
Enter to win a copy of Labor Day by leaving a comment
about a book cover that you love (or loathe) by Tuesday, August 4.
We've been talking a lot
about book covers lately, with steamy romance coverboys, links to the book covers that got away and the reworkings of classics.
In her blog post, last January, Hopkins gave details
about her book cover photoshoots for her fans to see.
Below you'll find links to all the information
about book cover design that's available on the Book Design Made Simple website, book, videos, and blog.
We will need some information
about your book cover such as book title, tagline, printing specifications and other information,
TheBookDesigner: Linked to the section
about book cover design (although there is good information on the rest of the site too).
To learn more
about book covers, go to http://selfpublishing.pressbooks.com/chapter/producing-your-book-cover/.
, last January, Hopkins gave details
about her book cover photoshoots for her fans to see.
Deborah has put an end to all my worries
about book covers for future projects.
The person in charge of the project wrote back pointing out (rightly) that the image came from an article
about book cover clichés; recommending that we start from the clichés must have seemed unprofessional, even ridiculous to him (shouldn't professional cover designers avoid clichés?).
Incidentally, while indie authors understand the importance of book covers, and keep writing articles
about book cover design, the majority of indie book covers continue to be tragic.
Here's a video of the speech I gave on book cover design at Author Marketing Live 2014; I'm not a very polished speaker, but you'll learn a lot
about book cover design (and -LSB-...]
Let's say you read some articles
about book cover clichés and decide «I don't want to be a cliché!»
However some of the articles talking
about book cover clichés are actually talking about using the same stock photography — and that's a totally different issue.
A video of me talking
about book cover design (and trying not to look uncomfortable on camera).
I'm an awkward, self - conscious speaker, but there's 45 minutes of pretty high value revelations that are sure to change your thinking
about book cover design.
I enjoyed this video
about book cover design, as I'm starting to make my own videos.
In this exclusive interview for friends and members of Published & Profitable, book cover design specialists Kathi Dunn and Ron Hobart will be discussing what authors need to know
about book cover design.
I just wrote a pretty long post
about book cover design on my blog and figured some things out.
Aside from the most obvious places, try Daedalus Books, BookraK, Christianbook.com, Dover Books, or other book catalogs, and blogs
about book cover design such as BookCoverArchive, TheBookDesignReview, and TheBookDesigner's Ebook Design Awards.
A few weeks ago the whole «should I or should I not» internal debate I was having
about the book cover redesign came to a head when I read a blog post by Diana Urban with BookBub (they know how to sell books) about this exact subject: How to Know Your Book's Cover Needs a Redesign.
Thank you for the mention Ruth
about my book cover designs.
I also haven't asked
about book cover designers.
And I think Hugh Howey can teach us a lot
about book cover design, but not by sharing his design instincts (fun and artistic, creative like his books, but making a statement about the author, rather than conforming to industry design standards based on what actually moves books).
If you have any questions
about book covers, or want some free advice on your cover, don't hesitate to contact us.
Everything you need and SHOULD know
about book covers with Joel Friedlander.
I talk a lot
about book cover design, but when you start out with that blank canvas and your eager imagination, you're bound to get lost in the possibilities of what to put on your book cover.
You can probably tell a lot
about a book cover designer by the book covers that they like.
The more you know
about book covers, the more you'll be able to positively influence and meaningfully evaluate the book cover options you're presented with, instead of just settling for what often is a cost - driven compromise.
Share your comments and questions
about book cover design as comments, below, or bring them up during today's free book coaching call.
In today's episode, I talk
about book cover design with Derek Murphy, who designs all my book covers, plus we discuss the importance of artists also being entrepreneurial.
Let me know what you think
about my book cover.