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By Derek Murphy
In book design tips
Posted October 27, 2011

The indie advantage in book cover design for ebook readers and web sales

If you’ve looked at my covers you may notice that I love special effects, texture, 3D letters, gloss, shine and sparkle. Normally, all that stuff is bad – because even stuff like drop [...]

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By Derek Murphy
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Posted October 14, 2011

Which is better, a complex book cover or a simple minimalist book cover?

Book cover design is changing. Recently, especially among top book cover designers, there is almost a “minimalistic” competition to see who can do more with less. But how little is [...]

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By Derek Murphy
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Posted October 10, 2011

Why you can’t afford a free book cover

Self-publishing is hard work, and expensive. With the costs of writing, editing and formatting text, aspiring authors are probably feeling pretty broke by the time they start thinking about their [...]

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By Derek Murphy
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Posted October 10, 2011

Free Createspace Book Covers: Using the CS Cover Generator

What’s the purpose of your book? Why are your writing it, and who do you expect to read it? Recently I’ve met several authors who don’t plan to pay for a book cover, because [...]

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