by Joel Friedlander | Jan 17, 2012 | Cover Design, Self-Publishing
A couple of days ago the latest edition of e-Book Cover Design Awards went live, and I once again had the pleasure—and the frustration—of judging a whole slew of covers. The problems come at the extremes. Commenting on the covers is fun, and selecting out...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 21, 2011 | Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing
I wrote about where to find free or inexpensive photos for your blog or book back in February 2010. Since that time I’ve mostly used Flickr and iStockphoto, where you can buy credits as you go and many web-size images are very inexpensive. For the first time,...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 12, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Training
I know a lot of readers don’t actually visit the blog directly, but read articles in their feed reader or in an email message. And I’m glad we have those available, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to keep up with much of what goes on in the...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 20, 2011 | Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
This is the last of five posts of e-book covers submitted for the September e-Book Cover Design Awards. Here are all the posts in the series: e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 1 Fiction: e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2 Fiction e-Book...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 19, 2011 | Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
This is the fourth of five posts of e-book covers submitted for the September e-Book Cover Design Awards. Here are the other posts in the series: e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 1 Fiction: e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2 Fiction...