Help in
writing jacket copy and other promotional copy, and evaluating potential cover designs;
I should have been
writing jacket copy for other writers.
Write Jacket Copy — Using your blurbs, reviews, and other information write your jacket copy or hire someone to do it for you.
Not exact matches
Just as I begin to slip into my seat of authority and believe the
jacket copy the publishers
write about me, Ecclesiastes brings me back to earth.
Redesign your covers, obtain new praise blurbs or
write new book
jacket copy, get new reviews, and spend marketing dollars toward generating new interest in your tried - and - true back list.
QUESTION: Do you have any tips to offer self - published authors trying to
write the back cover or
jacket copy for their book?
If you're working on your first book, you will inevitably have to sit down and
write the sales
copy that appears on the back of your book (also known as «
jacket»
copy).
But... I like
writing a skeleton log line and
jacket copy before I
write the first draft.
If you're self - publishing, you'll need to
write good
jacket copy (or at least know what good
jacket copy looks like).
Other authors
write even fewer words and just
copy and paste the description on the back of their book
jacket.
It was from there that I started
writing for
Jacket Copy (you can see my first post here).
A few days after the photo shoot, Spitzer and his designer sorted through the shots to pick a favorite, choose the
jacket's colors, the type, and to organize the
copy Spitzer had
written.
Effectively, it replaces your
jacket copy and should be
written to sell, not just a matter - of - fact description.
So we've got metadata to tell everyone what our books are called and who
wrote them, but now there it's possible to include enhanced metadata, like media reviews, author bios and
jacket copy in your metadata entries.
I'm helping some friends
write marketing
copy for a new product they've developed, and it got me thinking about book descriptions (by which I mean the
jacket copy, or the back - of - book description, or what some people call the blurb *).
MAJOR QUALIFICATIONS • One year of experience working as an Assistant Editor • Experienced in aiding editors with various stages of book production • Hands on experience in working with editors and other departments to maintain schedules • In depth knowledge of
writing copy for book
jackets and catalogues • Proficient in handling administrative duties associated with the position
My HSC study notes Every birthday card since I was born An E.T doll with battery - operated, flashing eyes A plastic bag filled with black sand from Hawaii A June, 1959
copy of National Geographic (coincidentally containing a photograph of a Hawaiian black sand beach) A Frenz Of The Enz badge My high school uniform A replica Crowded House
jacket a friend painted for me A black & white polka - dotted Morrissey Edmiston
jacket Two fossilised shells A novel I
wrote at age 11 called Scamp the Wonder Dog.