Book Design
What Makes a Good Book Cover?
A great cover can be the secret sauce that gives a book the oomph it needs to get discovered. But how do you get there? I never recommend authors create their own covers. Never. Your
Book Design
Best Fonts for the Interior of Your Self-Published Book
One of the biggest mistakes I see authors make in self-publishing their print books is in their choices of typefaces. They’re either too common or too weird. Since most wordsmiths are design-challenged, I asked one
Best Book Covers
Just back from BookExpo in New York, where I saw some extraordinary book covers. Over at Pinterest, I’ve put together a little board with comments on why each deserves special attention. If you believe, as
Book Design Faux Pas: Five Ways to Signal You’re a Rank Amateur
Recently I asked several self-publishing companies to send me samples of books they’d produced. I told them I wanted to check the production values of those books–paper quality, binding, cover stock and so forth–before deciding