How social media has influenced book cover design

Posted on 08/29/2018 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Hey, bookstagrammers, pat yourselves on the back — you might’ve saved the art of cover design! Ebooks,...

Tagged As: Cover design, Technology, The Guardian

The art of hiring a cover designer

Posted on 08/27/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Say you’ve decided that yes, you need to hire a professional cover artist. (Good choice.) Then what? Author Bronwy...

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Tagged As: Cover design

Watch the cover of "Cherry" evolve

Posted on 08/16/2018 at 12:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Designing a cover isn’t easy — hence why we recommend that authors hire a professional. That isn’t to...

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Fix these DIY design fouls

Posted on 07/13/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Like it or not, we make quality judgments based on appearances. In regards to books, that goes beyond the design of the...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Design, Joel Friedlander, The business of writing

What it's like designing a "Harry Potter" cover

Posted on 06/29/2018 at 08:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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When illustrator Brian Selznick was asked to design the twentieth-anniversary covers for the Harry Potter series, his fi...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Children's literature, Cover design, Young adult literature

Market your book with visual storytelling

Posted on 06/07/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Authors can work some marketing magic with visuals in ways beyond a snazzy cover. Dr. Rachele Baker, a veterinarian, aut...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Joanna Penn, Marketing

Six steps to a book cover that sells (part II)

Posted on 06/06/2018 at 11:00 AM by Guest Author

Author Beth Bacon

Today's guest post comes from children's author Beth Bacon, on how to make sure your book cover actually generat...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Cover design, Guest writer, Marketing

Six steps to a book cover that sells (part I)

Posted on 05/30/2018 at 12:00 PM by Guest Author

Author Beth Bacon

Today's guest post comes from children's author Beth Bacon, on how to make sure your book cover actually generat...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Cover design, Guest writer, Marketing

Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers?

Posted on 05/25/2018 at 11:11 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Novels by Elizabeth Strout, Elena Ferrante and Allison Pearson all feature middle-aged women but don't depict them on the cover.

That’s a really good question raised today by Alison Flood over at The Guardian: “It seems the book world do...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Diversity, The Guardian, Women in literature

Michelle Obama reveals memoir cover

Posted on 05/25/2018 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

"Becoming," the upcoming memoir of former first lady Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama shared the cover for her upcoming memoir, Becoming, on social media Thursday. The cover reveal comes afte...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Memoir, New release