Honest tips on book cover design, genre conventions, indie publishing, and what actually sells. Eleven years of pattern recognition, given away free.
How to design a memoir book cover — 5 design rules, color palette, typography, and 5 mistakes that make memoir covers look amateur. From a studio that's designed 120+ memoir covers.
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A decade ago, I made a bunch of content around book covers design and then disappeared. I prefer to build real tools…
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You might not know this about me, but I was a book editor before I became a book cover designer… and I…
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So you’ve decided to take the plunge and hire an editor. Great… but also terrifying. Because if you pick the wrong one,…
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Let me just call this out right now: folks do judge a book by its cover, even if they’re too polite to…
Read post →With 2024 firmly in the rearview mirror, let’s take a look back at some of the biggest trends in book cover design…
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How to make a book cover — complete guide with 7 steps, genre-specific design rules, free 13-episode video course, and 8 mistakes…
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A huge controversy is raging surrounding AI art tools that allow you to generate artwork with text prompts. Many cover designers are…
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I wrote this post a few years ago, and it was a fun experiment. But I just made a brand new book…
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One cover can change everything. The next bestseller in your genre is going to have a great one — it might as well be yours.