Welcome to the e-Book Cover Design Awards. This edition is for submissions during June, 2014. This month we received: 92 covers in the Fiction category 16 covers in the Nonfiction category Guest Judge I’m very pleased to welcome Cathi Stevenson to The Book...
Not that long ago I was asked to create a presentation that would help authors when it came time to design a book cover. I know that there are lots of do-it-yourselfers who are self-publishers, and there are also authors who are buying services from professionals. I...
It’s rare these days to talk to an author who isn’t planning to publish both print and ebook versions of their book. There are still a lot of books that suit one format better than the other, and which can safely be published as only print—or...
Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for October, 2013. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted to...
By David Bergsland Quite a number of authors have written recently to get some clarity on font usage. Can they use the fonts that came with a software package in their book? On the cover? What about free font downloads, are those okay? I turned to type designer and...