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Romance Book Design: The 3 Magic Tips On How To Craft The Best Cover
Romance is a highly popular genre, and so, of course, romance book design is crucial. Whether you write contemporary romance, historical, or fantasy, your romance book design is the first impression your readers receive.
What is a Preface? (Answers to Your 6 Most Common Questions)
Sometimes, it’s important to refresh your knowledge of the basic parts of a book. It might not be glamorous or exciting, but it’s an essential part of making sure your book contains everything a reader expects. One example of these plain but essential basic elements...
Front Matter: Organizing the Beginning of Your Book
Self-Publishing Basics: How to Organize Your Book’s Front Matter includes a checklist of front matter items.
Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book
The history of book printing goes back to the first Bibles pulled sheet by sheet off Johannes Gutenberg's presses in Mainz, Germany in the late fifteenth century. The first books were attempts to replicate the handwritten books of the time, which varied widely. Over...
Should Authors Use Snapchat? (3 Groups Who Can Benefit)
There are few sites attracting more buzz than Snapchat. If you’re an author of teen, young adult, romance or new adult fiction, consider Snapchat.
Lexile Level Guide for Authors to Help Your Book Succeed
If you write any books for children, you need to make sure you're writing at their reading level. Books that are too advanced can turn away readers whereas ones that are too easy won't challenge them. As an author, you want to make sure your book succeeds and using...
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Top 8 Cover Design Tips for Self-Publishers [Video & Checklist Included]
Cover Design Tips for Self-Publishers include avoiding white backgrounds, reducing your cover to see if it’s readable, and other practical suggestions, such as avoiding script typefaces, how to find photos to use on your book cover, and a list of resources for self-publishers creating their own book covers.
SEO for Authors – Part 2
One of the best ways to help ensure your efforts are rewarded is to ensure you’re not overlooking any SEO ideas that can be applied to your books.
The A-B-C-D Formula for Irresistible Book Titles
As things get even more competitive in the world of self-publishing, unless you’re in a very small niche, you’re likely dealing with hundreds to thousands of competing books, all fighting for attention. A “good” title isn’t enough. You need an irresistible book title that, most importantly, is unique when placed next to other books in the genre.
A Revolutionary New Version of selfpublishing.com…
For years, we’ve prided ourselves at The Book Designer on proving the most useful resources to help you design great books. From practical design tips through to inspiration from famous covers, we’ve tried to include everything you need to design an attractive and...
