What can be conveyed in two seconds? If you asked my girlfriends as a teenager, a whole lot. Alright, let’s lift our minds out of the gutter. Two seconds. This is what I’ve been grappling […]
Book covers: First fit in, then stand out.
“The cover may very well be the single biggest piece of marketing that book will receive. For first time authors and writers that have not yet built up a big following, the cover may be […]
Selling Your Genre
Is your cover selling your book genre? Pretend with me for a moment. You’re a fifty-year-old woman who wants to curl up with her fifteen cats and a low-key romantic read this weekend. You want […]
Choosing a Cover Designer for Your Self-Published Work
Self-publication and representing yourself in the literary market is more common than ever. The reason for this is that many major publications, such as Penguin or Random House, do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. This means […]
