Self-publishing is a personally rewarding and exciting endeavor for most indie authors, not to mention a good business strategy. The problem is when the final product ends up looking self-published. If a book looks self-published, reviewers, retailers and buyers will...
Indie authors understand that good cover design matters. Yet many don’t understand what professional book designers bring to the process; they don’t know what a book cover designer does. In short, a book cover designer will: Research your book’s genre Research the...
By Sandy Gould, Direct Sales Manager, Color House Graphics Originally published on the Color House Graphics blog as Book Binding Styles. Whether you are putting together a softcover book or a creating deluxe hardcover edition, the same quality and attention to detail...
I’ll just say it upfront: of all the cover design mistakes authors can make, the number one mistake is to design the cover themselves. Mistake #1: Do-it-yourself Covers If you’re looking for cover design tips, you’ve come to the wrong place. I know, affordability is...
A book series is more than one book tied together by a common theme and author. If fictional, the series may continue a story with some of the same characters. Alternatively, the books may be tied together by a location or a genre. Or, the only thing the books have in...
Compare the cover of a nonfiction book to the cover of a novel, and you’ll notice some distinct differences. The approach to nonfiction book cover design is also different from designing a cover for a novel. Understanding why it’s different can help you have an...
