The back cover blurb has to grab the reader’s attention from the start.It has to make them keep reading the blurb. Book buyers won’t read on if the first sentence fails to grab their interest. TIP:Here is a tip that few people follow. It is a powerful tip. Write your book cover...
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and then as a book cover designer. Before that I was a fine artist, studying classical realism in Florence Italy and exhibiting in Taiwan. For the past decade, I’ve been building free tools and resources to help indie authors, so I’m pretty easy to find. I’ve spoken...
It’s worth noting that the book cover doesn’t just refer to the front cover. It also includes the spine and the back cover, where you’ll find other important components like the author bio and the blurb, a short description of the book. Awell-written blurbgives potential reader...
Below, we've linked resources where you can find the recommended cover dimensions for popular print-on-demand services: Amazon KDP IngramSpark Blurb In particular, KDP offers a template generator that will turn out a PDF that you can import into your image editing software and lay over your ...
Why are book covers the way they are? We reveal the role that each element of a book cover play, from the title to the back cover blurb
Your book blurbisa big deal. It’s what will persuade a potential reader to give your book a chance. Or not. Along with your title and cover, your blurb is the most important marketing tool for your book. Why? Your blurb is the last thing most readers will see before deciding to buy...
And, of course, remember the spine and back cover – these are crucial elements in the overall design. A legible spine even when the book is shelved, continuing the design language to the back cover and allowing space for the blurb and other essential information. ...
1. The book’s cover.Some authors choose a blurb to feature on their cover designs. Try to use a short blurb so it’s easy to read and you don’t clutter your design. 2. The book description.Many authors also choose to feature their blurbs at the top of their book descriptions on ...
If your book cover photos incorporate any intellectual property owned by a company that is not licensed to be used in stock photography, you open the doors for big trouble. For example, I typed “Batman” intoPixabay, and here are my search results: ...