What to look for when updating your backlist

Posted on 11/04/2019 at 11:35 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sure, spring cleaning has a nice ring to it, but you can — and should — freshen up your backlist...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Blurbs, Cover design, Editing

What would you do differently before publishing your first book?

Posted on 09/29/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Unless one of you is holding out on the world, none of us can go back in time and fix...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

How a low-quality cover will hurt your book

Posted on 09/25/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We wouldn’t blame you if you were sick unto death of hearing lectures about your book cover. But if you...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, The Book Designer

Write a brief for your book cover designer

Posted on 09/08/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Every post on cover design we find seems to have a new pearl of wisdom, in addition to the ones...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Joanna Penn

Cover considerations: Remember, there'll be a thumbnail version

Posted on 08/29/2019 at 11:19 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Kudler has a good primer on what your book cover needs on The Book Designer, with a special bonus...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, The Book Designer

The cost of publishing a book

Posted on 08/08/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve been bidding out work on our first home, which was built in the 1920s. Needless to say, we enter...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Editing, Marketing, The business of writing

Should you license exclusive art for your book covers?

Posted on 08/02/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch came to a difficult, expensive conclusion recently. It’s time for her to commission her own cover artwork,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing

Free online tools for editing images and graphics

Posted on 07/09/2019 at 04:31 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The average person — or typical writer — doesn’t need to invest in expensive graphic-designing or photo-editing software, thanks to...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Need free photos? Check out these 72 sites

Posted on 05/28/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If six free-photo sources weren’t enough for you, boy, do we have good news. The Book Designer has rounded up...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing, The Book Designer

How to design a book cover: A brief guide to book cover design for self-published authors

Posted on 04/23/2019 at 09:16 AM by Guest Author

Want to know how to design a book cover that sells? We’ve provided five helpful tips on book cover design...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing