Sentences with phrase «poorly designed book»

Their cautionary note: «Nothing says «amateur» faster and more effectively than a poorly designed book cover.»

A quality, professional and provocative cover can make all the difference in having your book stand out amidst the clutter including poorly designed book covers.

Most «book marketing» courses ignore the fact that a poorly designed book will KILL sales.

On the contrary, a poorly designed book cover conveys to the readers that author does not care much about the book and I am sure you don't want to take chances here.

(And by doing so, they've assured their sales will be exactly the number of family and friends they can convince to buy their poorly edited, poorly designed book via Facebook wall postings.)

Great promotion and marketing can overcome the hinderance of a poorly designed book, and a wonderfully designed book can't save terrible writing or a lack of promotion and marketing.

There's a ton of competition, but the majority of them are publishing amateur, poorly designed books.

With so many poorly edited and poorly designed books available, few bookstores are willing to spend the time to find your excellent needle in the haystack of mediocrity.

Not exact matches

As your book's cover is its most powerful marketing tool, you don't want to be forced into an oft - recycled cover or one that is poorly designed.

A poorly designed cover looks unprofessional, amateurish and can turn off a reader before they even get to the book description.

Not because the ads were bad or poorly designed, but the brick - and - mortar bookseller audience that reads them are predisposed against self - published books, especially POD like mine, due to the inability to return unsold copies and the inconvenience of dealing with an individual publisher.

They WO N'T usually give a book with a poorly designed cover a chance.

John Kremer's Answer: Self - published books once carried a stigma of being less good, poorly designed, not worth the money.

Too many times, the cover was poorly designed, didn't relate to the book topic and was third - rate at best.

The Internet has demonstrated that anyone can throw - up (pun intended) any ol' book onto the «cloud» as a poorly conceived, designed, and edited e-book.

A: Self - published books once carried a stigma of being less good, poorly designed, not worth the money.

But even if you get the design elements exactly right, they can't compensate for a poorly written book.

If the publisher's website looks poorly designed, out of date, or amateurish, that's not a great sign — although, to be fair, book publishers are somewhat notorious for having bad websites.

Xlibris, Authorhouse, iUniverse create poor quality books with text crammed together, poorly designed covers, and next to no support for twice the price.

If the cover is poorly designed and amateurish, your book will likely be disregarded and overlooked by buyers, distributors, and media.

Just keep in mind that a poorly designed image can have a potentially negative effect on buyers causing then to bypass your book.

Some of the best books I have ever read were either poorly edited or poorly designed.

Although there are no golden rules that says you must follow a formal book structure, a sloppy (amateur) book design will reflect poorly on you, as a self published author (and could really have a bad effect on reviews of your book, which can lead to poor word - of - mouth).

Another reason is many POD books are poorly edited and designed.

Colleen has been consuming the hearts and souls of poorly - designed books since her youth.

Sales certainly can't be entirely attributed to cover design, but if all their books are selling poorly, that might indicate a problem.

The Exact Editions platform works well for book publishers that have complex and rich page designs that are poorly served by the most commonly used ebook file formats.

But if you wrap it in a cheap, poorly designed cover just to save a few bucks, you're basically telling future readers that your book isn't worth a second look.

Poorly designed and executed cover Nothing screams amateur author like a poor book cover.

The only giveaway that you're dealing with a self - published book would be if the cover were poorly designed — which, unfortunately, is too often the case.

But I was kind of surprised to see that this person didn't have much... some nice looking non-fiction books (hardcover only, no ebook) and some poorly designed fiction (not sure whether they were self - published).

If your book's interior is unorganized, poorly designed, or hard on the eyes, your reader may determine that reading it is more trouble than it's worth.

In the old days, vanity houses were the only self - publishing option and most self - pubbed books were badly designed and poorly produced, Today authors can produce high quality books using any of these methods — and some authors combine methods, based on a specific project or need.

One author spent $ 10,000 on a print run for a poorly edited and designed book without a distribution deal.

In his book Your Green Home, Alex Wilson wrote «it's a great heating option for a poorly designed house....