Book cover graphic design costs can quickly mount up, but self - published authors can save lots of
money on book cover design by providing designers with a rough, actual - sized layout of the text and graphics they want on their book covers.
Not exact matches
1950s information pack Photo pack of 50s fashion Photo pack of 1950s American style diners Role play resources: face masks with hats to use for staff, staff role play badges, price cards, price lists, location signs for diner, food flashcards for props, diner signs, open and closed times and signs,
money resources, buntings and borders, long banners and title pages, menus, large lettering, welcome / pay here etc signs, parking bay signs,
on sale here sign, order pads, messages to write, receipts page, order sheet, stock order form, table
booking page, jobs to do list to write, table number cards Other resources: word search, key word cards, folder
cover, writing booklet
cover, resources sack tag, writing page about the 1950s, topic summary sheet, mind map, draw food task, draw clothes from that era, acrostic poem,
design a menu etc..
You can spend the
money on editing,
cover design, marketing, and anything else related to the
book.
I could pull samples from the 25 top small presses and publishers, showing off their ugly
cover designs, to demonstrate what a poor choice these options are to authors (since the
cover will be the biggest factor in your
book's success, and small presses or services that charge a publishing fee skimp
on quality
design to make more
money for themselves).
Of course the
book cover should be well
designed too, so before you spend $ 100
on book marketing, consider spending that
money on a better
cover instead — it might make more sense.
Foregoing a print
book will save you a little bit of
money on the interior
design and the
cover design, but that's it.
As traditional publishers look to prune their booklists and rely increasingly
on blockbuster best sellers, self - publishing companies are ramping up their title counts and making
money on books that sell as few as five copies, in part because the author, rather than the publisher, pays for things like
cover design and printing costs.
Marketing resources can be in the form of setup resources (ex: getting a great
book cover designed, spending
money and time
on setting up an outstanding online presence etc.) or recurring resources (tweeting daily, doing weekly blog posts, maintaining a monthly BookBuzzr subscription etc.) Think of your marketing like a rocket being launched into space.
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!
Templates and resources
on how to
DESIGN your book, including book cover design secrets and interior book formatting that will save you time and
DESIGN your
book, including
book cover design secrets and interior book formatting that will save you time and
design secrets and interior
book formatting that will save you time and
money.
16) Christina Hamlett: Always have your
book cover designed by a professional «Far too many indie authors seem to feel that the investment in a professional designer isn't worth the
money, that what's
on the inside will be so mind - numbingly fabulous that readers will forgive an amateurish - looking
cover.