Go under the covers with Print's Guide to Book Jacket Design, which features
cover design advice from accomplished art directors at Penguin, Hachette and Vintage Books, visual inspiration from the best book covers of the 20th century, the stories behind cover design concepts that didn't make the final cut, and more.
In this final Cover Critique of 2017, Reedsy designer Mark Thomas gives
cover design advice to authors.
Thank you for great
cover design advice, especially with ample examples.
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My thanks go also to Sean Cooper for his careful and clear - eyed copyediting, to Ann Clarke for her expert proofreading and last - minute editorial
advice, and to Chelsea Cardinal for her beautiful
cover design.
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Michele DeFilippo owns 1106
Design, a Phoenix company that offers cover design, interior layout, manuscript editing and more, with expert indie - publishing advice and hand - holding every step of th
Design, a Phoenix company that offers
cover design, interior layout, manuscript editing and more, with expert indie - publishing advice and hand - holding every step of th
design, interior layout, manuscript editing and more, with expert indie - publishing
advice and hand - holding every step of the way.
Want to get
advice from professionals on
cover design, writing, and book marketing?
Here's another piece of
advice regarding
cover art: If you can do the actual
design work yourself (text, spine label, back matter, bar code, etc), do so.
All that free
advice or those free
covers you got just aren't going to cut it (incidentally, I wanted to work with Nanowrimo authors by offering 30 free book
cover designs and they removed my post.
So my new
advice is this: start as early as possible on your book
cover design, but not until you know for sure what your book is about.
I will give the same
advice that I give people on not getting professional services on editing and
cover design.
Despite all
advice against doing so, I
designed the
cover myself.
If you prefer to do the
cover design yourself, there are plenty of tips and
advice available all over the Internet on how you can go about
designing your own ebook
cover.
My money comes from
cover design, and I do this stuff because authors need a lot of help and
advice to brave the challenging waters of the publishing journey.
While GoodEReader has written extensively for indie authors on the important contributions that outside professionals can make towards developing the best possible book or ebook by offering services such as
cover design, formatting, and extensive editing, the need for
advice doesn't stop once the book is created.
Its blog
covers a range of topics, including
advice on writing, editing,
design and formatting, production and distribution, marketing and promotion, and book rights and contracts.
So my first
advice is that you should invest in a professional editor and a professional
cover design.
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).
For novels and poetry,
advice on these aspects (book
cover illustration
design) is much more difficult — and necessary.
We believe that every book has a different visual style and vibe, so we ask a pool of designers to submit their
cover concepts, we offer our
advice on which
covers adhere to classic
design principles, and you pick the
cover that best represents your vision.
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1 Structure, Plan and Write 1.1 Turning Real Life Into Fiction 1.2 Kurt Vonnegut on the The Shapes of Stories 1.3 The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction 1.4 Plot Worksheets to Help You Organize Your Thoughts 1.5 The Snowflake Method For Designing A Novel 1.6 Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction 1.7 Study the Writing Habits of Ernest Hemingway 1.8 Making Your Characters Come Alive 1.9 Vision, Voice and Vulnerability 1.10 10 Points on Craft by Barry Eisler 1.11 Coming up with Character Names 1.12 Using the Right «Camera Angle» for Your Writing 1.13 The Art of «Layering» in Fiction Writing 1.14 Weaving Humor Into Your Stories 1.15 On Telling Better Stories 1.16 The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature 1.17 6 Ways to Hook Your Readers from the Very First Line 1.18 Plot Development: Climax, Resolution, and Your Main Character 1.19 How to Finish A Novel 2 Get Feedback 2.1 Finding Beta Readers 2.2 Understanding the Role of Beta Readers 2.3 Find Readers By Writing Fan Fiction 2.4 How Fan Fiction Can Make You a Better Writer 3 Edit Your Book 3.1 Find an Editor 3.2 Directory of Book Editors 3.3 Self Editing for Fiction Writers 3.4 The Top Ten Book Self Editing Tips 3.5
Advice for self - editing your novel 3.6 Tips on How to Edit a Book 4 Format and Package Your Book 4.1 The Thinking That Goes Into Making a Book
Cover 4.2
Design Your Book
Cover 4.3 Format Your Book 4.4 Choosing a Title for Your Fiction Book 5 Publish 5.1 A Listing of Scams and Alerts from Writers Beware 5.2 Publishing
Advice from JA Konrath 5.3 How to Find a Literary Agent 5.4 Understanding Literary Agents 5.5 Association of Authors» Representatives 5.6 Self - Publishing Versus Traditional Publishing 5.7 Lulu, Lightning Source or Create Space?
Due to the secret formulae in their commercial tactics, marketing tips will be omitted yet there are several points that correspond with our
advice like the professional
design of
cover and layout of Table of Contents as far as the technicality of the eBook is concerned.
Ana chats with Knockin» Books about how she got into book
cover design, offers
advice for authors looking for a
cover designer and talks about trends in the industry.
It gives you practical, hands - on
advice, sharing the very latest best practices on editing,
cover design, formatting, and pricing.
Belinda Griffin on Self Publishing
Advice From The Alliance Of Independent Authors Opinion: Why Authors Need to Budget for Book Marketing «It's generally accepted that for a self - published book to stand any sort of chance it needs to be professionally edited and have a professionally
designed cover.
Granted, some authors might say I've made a terrible mistake in
designing my own
cover and that I'm giving you bad
advice in presenting that as an option.
We
cover the seven processes of publishing — editorial,
design, production, distribution, marketing, promotion and licensing publishing rights — here week on week, together with writing
advice and how to run an indie author business.
Tonight after reading some of Gary V.'s new book Jab, Jab, Jab, Punch I followed his
advice and searched Twitter for «book
cover design» — by way of which I discovered Alastair Humphreys» invitation for someone to redesign his book
cover.
Best publishing
advice: Make your titles valued products by choosing high - quality interior formatting and utilize professional, eye - catching
cover designs.
Using expert
advice on book
design from other Indie publishers I produced a more effective and attention grabbing book
cover.»
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cover design, interior layout
design and typesetting, and
advice for self - publishing authors.
I took their
advice, and since then I've has
designed hundreds of
covers for indie, traditional, and hybrid authors, many of which have hit bestseller lists, and won awards.
Fellow indie authors who are sharing their launch plans, screenshots from their sales dashboards, asking for
advice on
covers they are having
designed and talk through the most in - the - weeds details about email lists.
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cover design and self - publishing, which is detailed and authoritative.
Our blog can give you useful
advice about creating a
cover for your book, do storytelling,
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Just because they know something about publishing doesn't mean they really know what kind of
covers sell books; and if they can't get their shit together to make a professional and well -
designed website for their own business, they shouldn't be giving you
advice on your book
cover.
We've put together a comprehensive guide to the publishing industry in our
advice centre,
covering everything from a guide to literary agents and how to go about
designing a book
cover, to tips for marketing your book — and everything in between!