David Gaughran: Set your book cover designer up for success

Posted on 02/24/2021 at 11:41 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve been pretty emphatic at Fussy that authors are best served by having a professional design their book covers, with...

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Tagged As: Cover design, David Gaughran

Consider how your book cover will look as a thumbnail

Posted on 02/03/2021 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your book cover may look beautiful at full size, but don’t forget — that’s not the way in which all...

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Tagged As: Cover design

How your book cover can stir emotion in potential readers

Posted on 01/27/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our advice to indie authors on book covers remains, as always, that they should be done by professional designers, if...

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Tagged As: Cover design

Starting a writing career: What mistakes new authors make

Posted on 07/22/2020 at 10:09 AM by Guest Author

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There’s a lot to consider when starting a writing career. Find out what mistakes new authors make that you should...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing, Social media and websites, Writing advice

Your book cover's role in the prelaunch marketing campaign

Posted on 07/11/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve shared quite a few posts about book launches (or relaunches) lately. Here’s another one, but from a very specific,...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing

Are you making any of these eight book marketing mistakes?

Posted on 07/08/2020 at 04:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve followed Fussy for any length of time, you know how critical we think a professionally designed cover is...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing, Penny Sansevieri

Case study: When a book's cover doesn't fit its genre

Posted on 03/20/2020 at 03:16 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors are advised to make sure that their book covers conform to genre expectations. And when a friend told Lynne...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing

First book? Don't make these five mistakes

Posted on 02/25/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy Mardi Gras! If you’re going out to make poor decisions tonight — and we’re not judging — let them...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Email newsletter, Keywords

Need a free graphic-design suite? David Gaughran has you covered

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 10:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Gaughran has a roundup of his favorite free graphic-design tools for authors, but if you already use and love...

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Tagged As: Cover design, David Gaughran, Design, Technology

The Book Designer's best advice from 2019

Posted on 01/12/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s hard — okay, make that downright near impossible — to make sure you don’t miss anything of value when...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing, Social media and websites, The Book Designer, The business of writing