by Joel Friedlander | May 11, 2011 | Book Design, Cover Design, Self-Publishing
What do you pay attention to when you design book covers? During my presentation today at the Self-Publishers Online Conference I got into a discussion with Susan Daffron about this point. We were going over the ways that self-publishers can miss the mark with their...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 8, 2011 | Cover Design, Social Media
Every month I get an email from Goodreads. Do you have an account there? Goodreads is a very popular and successful social network for book lovers who like to read and share their reading with their friends. Here’s what they have to say: Goodreads is a free...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 5, 2011 | Cover Design, Editorial, Self-Publishing
When you get down to it, when you have an idea that’s bigger than your budget, when your book is finally done, but your checking account is flying on a wing and a prayer, you have to know where to put your money to get the best effect from self-publishing, to...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 4, 2011 | Book Design, Cover Design, Self-Publishing
by Will Entrekin I met Will Entrekin on Twitter, and here on my blog where he comments. Will is a novelist and has self-published a number of books. He sent me the cover of a recent collaboration and I asked if he would write about the experience of designing book...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 13, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Case Study: Quiet Americans: Stories by Erika Dreifus Design Brief: The author is a short story writer and a contributing editor for The Writer magazine and Fiction Writers Review and an advisory board member for J Journal: New Writing on Justice. Erika’s writing...
