Comments on: How Authors Can Help Book Designers http://1106design.com/how-authors-can-help-book-designers/ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://1106design.com/how-authors-can-help-book-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-93 admin Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:48:52 +0000 http://1106design.com/?p=1389#comment-93 Thank you, Diane! Perhaps if enough qualified bloggers keep pushing information out, we can overcome the avalanche of bad advice offered by the mega-companies. :-) Thank you, Diane! Perhaps if enough qualified bloggers keep pushing information out, we can overcome the avalanche of bad advice offered by the mega-companies. :-)

]]> By: Diane Eble http://1106design.com/how-authors-can-help-book-designers/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Diane Eble Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:51:28 +0000 http://1106design.com/?p=1389#comment-92 Great advice! As a book publishing coach, one of the biggest mistakes I see authors make--especially first-time authors who are self publishing--is to try to design the cover themselves, or force the designer to use their concept too slavishly. I especially agree with allowing the designer to come up with a great concept, and not be willing to just go with some template. The covers I've seen authors come up with themselves have been atrocious, unless they work WITH a designer in the way you mention. I am referencing your article on my blog at http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com and Tweeting about this post. It's really important that authors GET this! Book covers make or break a book. Great advice! As a book publishing coach, one of the biggest mistakes I see authors make–especially first-time authors who are self publishing–is to try to design the cover themselves, or force the designer to use their concept too slavishly. I especially agree with allowing the designer to come up with a great concept, and not be willing to just go with some template. The covers I’ve seen authors come up with themselves have been atrocious, unless they work WITH a designer in the way you mention.

I am referencing your article on my blog at http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com and Tweeting about this post. It’s really important that authors GET this! Book covers make or break a book.

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