Duplex printing isn’t new, but it is new to the Print on Demand Industry. Ingram Lighting Source has announced (May 27, 2015) the option for printing inside book covers. Remember Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books, where the inside spread (inside cover and first page) contained an illustration? What an impact your book could have when […]
Creating Kindle eBook Covers: Sample and Example
Book cover tutorial on ebook cover design with downloadable example.
Epub and Kindle Formatting: What image format should I use in my ebook?
Q&A on What format to use for your ebook as well as the file size and dimensions as well as other good sources on formatting images for your ebook.
Book Cover Designs: Clichés, Twists and Facelifts #bookcoverdesign
Distract and Attract. The first part of your self-publishing sales start with the book cover… Are you a cliché, a twist or do you need a facelift?
1000+ Free Fonts for the non-designers Book Cover and eBook Arsenal
Thousands of free fonts makes choosing the right one difficult for the non-designer. More choices isn’t always better… be wise in your typeface choice. Take a cue from bestselling books for your next Book Cover project.
Ficticious Fiction Book Cover Exercise: Pro Football Murder Mystery
How to Create a Book Cover, Part 3 Our February Newsletter offered a quick book cover exercise to get your creative juices flowing. You were to create a fictional book cover around the following synopsis: ——- It is the Super Bowl of all Super Bowls and the Cinderella team, the Oregon Argonauts are scheduled to […]
Book Covers Using Similar Stock Images: Confusing or Not?
Have you ever shopped for a book and run across unrelated book covers that appeared eerily similar? So similar they appeared to be part of a series? This issue is cropping up more and more in self-publishing and with alarming regularity. But does it really matter? Using images is not new when creating advertising. In […]