So there are my suggestions for great
book back cover copy.
Not exact matches
One of them was Frank Ogden's The Last
Book You'll Ever Read, notable not just for its breathlessly loony take on what the next century held for us, but also for including a complete digital
copy of itself on a floppy disk stuck to the inside
back cover.
This includes, in my mind academic abstracts of papers,
back cover copy of
books,
copy on website pages, and advertisements about a product.
It will make them wonder what you
book is about and move from the
cover to your blurb or
back cover copy, where your writing will pull them in.
Dina paid more attention to the
copy and design of her her
book's front and
back covers than many authors spend on the introduction to their
book.
Redesign your
covers, obtain new praise blurbs or write new
book jacket
copy, get new reviews, and spend marketing dollars toward generating new interest in your tried - and - true
back list.
Upside # 3: If you are good at blurbs and
back cover copy, the editor will see it on your
book and be able to use what you have written, which will save them time in writing them (Yes, editors write blurbs and
back cover copy).
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If you're put off by the
back cover copy (which basically says, this
book is so good we can't tell you anything about it), read a few pages and see if you're not captivated by the voice of Little Bee, a 16 - year - old Nigerian refugee with a surprising connection to Kidman's well - to - do character, Sarah, and her husband.
I'm not normally a fan of
book trailers — most of them are either cheesy or amount to little more than a dramatic reading of the
back cover copy, which doesn't thrill me.
Your
back cover copy should answer «Why should I read this
book instead of that other one on the same subject?»
That means you'll want to include your
book cover,
back cover copy, links to where your
book can be bought online, and possibly even excerpts, as well as reviews of your
book.
The most important question you must answer in your
back cover copy is: Why and how will the reader benefit from this
book?
Mill City Press knows how difficult it can be to write effective
back cover copy — and how important it can be to your
book's success.
Learn how
back cover copy is a powerful sales pitch to hook potential readers through a strong
book summary & author bio.
Once you wow your potential readers with an excellent front
cover, the next part of your
book that'll hook them is your
back cover copy, which is publishing speak for the information that appears on the
back cover.
If readers expect one type of story based on your
back cover copy but actually find something else entirely within the
book's pages, they'll feel tricked and misled.
And if they go indie with a story, they are learning how to write blurbs and
back cover copy that will sell the
books both electronically and in paper.
So the editors write the blurbs and
back cover copy, usually at the last minute, often from memory of a
book read long before.
If you know members of your audience well, then you know the problems they face; your
back cover copy should tell how your
book addresses these problems head on and helps readers overcome a challenge or succeed.
The third example shows how part of the
back cover copy (the author bio, in this case) can show up on the inside flap of a hard
cover book.
But only the editor has read the
book, so it's the editor's job to write the sales blurb and
back cover copy and some of the catalog
copy.
Whichever path you choose, following these helpful tips will ensure your
back cover copy is perfectly suited to selling your
book — before readers even crack the
cover!
You can change the subtitle, rewrite the
book and reload it on Amazon, change the
cover design, the blurb, the flap jacket and
back cover copy, and so on.
«
Copy» refers to the words outside your
book — on the
back cover and on your
book page.
QUESTION: Do you have any tips to offer self - published authors trying to write the
back cover or jacket
copy for their
book?
And out of the hundreds of
books at your fingertips, it is the
back cover copy (BCC) that helps you decide whether or not a specific
book is for you.
This information is usually pivotal for the
book, and reveals information or facts you wouldn't be able to find in the
back cover copy or the beginning of a
book.
Unlike printed
books that readers might be more likely to pull of shelves, read bursts and endorsements and peruse
back cover copy, you are grabbing the readers attention with the front
cover only online.
Then use this sentence in your
book's sales
copy,
back cover copy, marketing pieces, web site, business card, and anywhere you're talking about your
book.
Back Cover Copy: The text on the back cover or inside flap of a book that «sells» the story to potential rea
Back Cover Copy: The text on the back cover or inside flap of a book that «sells» the story to potential re
Cover Copy: The text on the
back cover or inside flap of a book that «sells» the story to potential rea
back cover or inside flap of a book that «sells» the story to potential re
cover or inside flap of a
book that «sells» the story to potential readers
Casey Demchak's (@caseydemchak) guest post on The
Book Designer, 7 Secrets to Writing Persuasive
Back Cover Sales Copy, might seem to apply only to print authors — ebooks don't have back covers, after all — but it does
Back Cover Sales
Copy, might seem to apply only to print authors — ebooks don't have
back covers, after all — but it does
back covers, after all — but it doesn't.
You can also do much of this research on Amazon since most
book listings feature the
back cover copy, or an expanded version of the
back cover copy.
We know how difficult it can be to write effective
back cover copy — and how important it is to your
book's success.
Once you've finalized the front
cover and interior of your
book, we'll design the
back cover and spine to the printer's specifications, placing all the necessary elements, such as your
back cover copy, logos, and bar code.
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.
You can fill it with the
back cover copy, the Amazon
book description, or something similar.
An interested reader will skim the
back cover copy or the online description, and if they need a little something more to convince them to buy your
book, they'll read the first page.
Sample topics: writing pitches and
back cover copy,
book covers, writing a successful synopsis, creating reader expectations,
book tours, etc..
Question: During a conversation with my publisher, we were discussing the marketing text for my new
book's
back cover copy, catalogue
copy, and ad
copy to be released this fall.
Almost 70 % of all
books are now purchased online, which means
back cover copy is more important than ever before.
I've helped several bestselling authors improve their
back cover copy, including both fiction and non-fiction
books.
-LSB-...] Tips for Writing
Back Cover Copy a guest post by Roz Morris on Jamie Gold's blog — Having trouble condensing your entire
book into a couple of paragraphs?
BCC —
Back Cover Copy The body of copy on the back of your b
Back Cover Copy The body of copy on the back of your b
Copy The body of
copy on the back of your b
copy on the
back of your b
back of your
book.
I write the
back cover copy for the
book I'm outlining.
A good
cover should draw readers in, egging them into reading the
back copy (which will lead to hopefully paging through the
book, which will hopefully lead them to buy).
When people view a
book online, they usually see just a tiny picture of the front
cover and the first few sentences of
back cover copy.
Lately we at BookPage have noticed some doozies leading off the
back cover copy of a few soon - to - be-released novels, and we have a question of our own: given a
book's
cover and title, can you guess which question it promises to answer?
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If you get a contract, work with the publisher to edit and proofread your manuscript, then accept their choice of title,
book cover,
back -
cover copy, etc..