It's a simple one:
professional book covers always have a wide margin between the text and the edge of the cover.
Not exact matches
It's a simple one:
professional book covers almost
always have a wide margin between the type and the edge of the
cover.
Despite this, we
always recommend that they get
professional help when it comes to editing,
cover design and other
book writing tasks.
I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and
always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a
professional cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version... than have the layout designer do the uploading — for less than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have quality
cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the big boys — you get max percentage on eBook payout, you have print
books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.
As a
professional graphic designer, I've
always loved the challenges involved in
cover design and find myself constantly intrigued by the amazing power it has to motivate someone to purchase and read the
book.
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.
Two places where you should
always be willing to spend top dollar on your
book are when acquiring a
professional book cover and hiring a
professional editor.
Debbie's writing and advice have appeared in more than a dozen nationally published «how to»
books; most recently, she was personally acknowledged in nationally syndicated columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy's
Cover Letters for Dummies as «a master career management
professional [who was]
always ready to help make this
book reach for highest standards».