How to choose the best cover designer for your book
How do you tell the difference between a great book cover designer and a mediocre book cover designer?
The 5 Best Book Cover Designers for Self-Published Authors
This is it. This is the definitive list. These are the best book cover designers for self-published authors.
9 Book Cover Design Trends for 2024
Wrapping your tome in a trending, eye-catching design can increase interest, readership and sales. It is therefore vital that you partner with a quality cover designer who understands these hot new trends, which in 2024 take the following forms.
Addressing Concerns: Understanding and Overcoming Hesitation About AI in Book Cover Design
As a book cover designer, I like to think I have a bond with other professional creatives, whether writers, designers, musicians or that guy who duct-tapes bananas to a wall and charges $120,000 for the soon-to-be overripe art. Perhaps we share less of a bond. Like second cousins. What binds creatives is the act of […]
Boosting Creativity: How AI Enhances Book Cover Design
Creativity. Is it just a human trait? Answer: yes and no. Could a robot, for example, kick off an article with such a stunning, thought provoking haiku? Honestly, these days, yeah. And that’s not a bad thing. Welcome to the fourth and final article in our series exploring generative AI in book cover design. From […]
AI in Design: Just Another Tool in a Cover Designer’s Toolkit
Remember that time you spent an entire day tracking an antelope across the Savannah, tiring it out until it collapsed from heat exhaustion, ensuring you and your family would eat that night? If you do remember that time, I have a lot of questions. Most of us don’t because humans have spent millennia working on […]
What now? The Legal and Ethical Use of AI in Book Cover Design
It’s come with a rush. Between ChatGPT and image generators like Midjourney and DALL-E, we now find ourselves in a world unrecognizable from the one we called home just 12 months ago. If, in early 2022, you gave me two minutes to write 500 words on the impact of Elton John on eyewear culture AND […]
Book Cover Design Trends for 2023: A World of Creativity and Innovation Awaits
Book cover design plays a vital role in the success of any book. As we step into 2023, let's explore some of the upcoming trends in book cover design and discuss how they can make your book stand out in a competitive market. These trends are influenced by the evolving tastes of readers and advancements […]
What Do I Look for in a Good Book Cover Design Firm?
In certain professions, ability, to some degree, can be measured at a glance. If you want to hire a jockey, don’t go for the one who looks just as likely to eat the horse as he does to ride it. If you’re hunting for a mountainous bowl of traditional Italian pasta, a Nonna with a […]
