We'll also be starting a
series on book cover design and another one on the practical aspects of self - publishing, a tutorial of sorts we hope, so keep following us.
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 using design to sell more books) from watching.
15 Tips for Great Book Cover Design After their book is written and editors sign off on the final rewrite, authors often turn their attention to what will become one of their most agonizing tasks in the entire process —
deciding on a book cover design.
I've been working
on a book cover design for a sci - fi / alien themed book cover — basic concept: a 13 year old girl helps a human - looking alien boy to escape, being chased by -LSB-...]
On my book cover design site, I offer to do free makeovers for indie authors — on the condition that I get to make what I want, and that they don't get much say in the creative process.
-LSB-...] Lessons from a great book jacket designer Very helpful and insightful
post on book cover design, which cuts through all the crap and tricks and gives good solid advice.
My spiel went like this: «I'm a book cover designer, but my clients need a whole bunch of other stuff that I don't want to do, so I build tools and templates and resources and guides so that I can just direct them to those tools so they can do those other things themselves for free, so that I can
focus on book cover design.»
Recently, between my publisher New Generation's production man Sam and me we've arrived at a new
formula on book cover design: the «wrap - around», where the front overlaps onto the back to create a uniform appearance or «house style».
Award - winning designer Anna Woodbine will host this quickfire edition of our cover critiques, offering her thoughts and
suggestions on book cover designs submitted by authors like you.
(For an in - depth free
guide on book cover design, check out this post over at Kindlepreneur by Dave Chesson: Book Cover Design Mastery.)
Nothing wrong with the latter but I think we want to be seen on a par with the big houses, so now I'm inclined to spend more
on book cover design as you say.
After their book is written and editors sign off on the final rewrite, authors often turn their attention to what will become one of their most agonizing tasks in the entire process —
deciding on a book cover design.
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.
I might not be ready to spend more than $ 600
on a book cover design at this juncture of my writing career, but those designers are impressive and perusing their portfolio is a lot of fun.I wouldn't rule out using their services in the future if my success in this business means I can budget around $ 700 - $ 1,000 for a book cover design.
It's a challenge, and it puts to bulk of the marketing weight
on the book cover design — which means the bulk of your marketing budget needs to be spent on book cover design.
People might come up with ideas you never thought of and this also has the added benefit of seeing what a potential reader would respond to
on a book cover design.
From Rick: Before I dive into my new series
on book cover design, I wanted to share some good advice I gleaned from Kris Rusch this past week.
Authors who have read my articles, and my books
on book cover design or watched my speeches or presentations on book cover design, already know that I make covers that sell books, and I'm pretty clear about that on my website.
If you've read any of my articles
on book cover design, you already know I don't agree with the standard rules most indie authors keep reciting.
And you'll find there a dozen or so links to further sites
on book cover design.