by Michele DeFilippo | Dec 21, 2016 | Book Cover Design, Book Cover Evaluation
We are often told, “Don’t judge a book by its cover!” but that’s exactly what we do. Your book cover is a retail package; your book is a product and the cover is the package that tells everyone about your book. People have short attention spans, and in today’s... by Michele DeFilippo | Oct 26, 2015 | 1106 Design delivers, 1106 Design offers, Book Cover Design, Book Cover Evaluation, Book Distribution, Book Interior Design, Book Marketing, Book Printing, Editing & Proofreading, Finding & Evaluating a Designer, How to Self-publish a Book, Printing & Distribution, Publishing Business, Publishing Options, Self-publishing for professionals
1106 Design is pleased to announce that it is now a recommended resource for IngramSpark, the company that provides “Big House Publishing for Indie Publishers,” and has been “digitally certified” by IngramSpark as being a book design company that formats books to... by Michele DeFilippo | Jul 6, 2014 | Book Cover Design, Book Cover Evaluation, Book Marketing, Title Writing & Back Cover Copywriting, Uncategorized
This last blog post in our three-part series on book cover design talks about working with a book cover designer. But before we do that, let’s briefly discuss how to know if your book cover will work to make your book a success. Well, after the writing is done, it’s... by Michele DeFilippo | Jun 8, 2014 | Book Cover Design, Book Cover Evaluation
This is the first of a three-part series of blog posts that will show covers before and after a transformation by 1106 Design. In these posts we’ll explain what was missing in the original, and how the message of the “after” cover helps to sell the... by Michele DeFilippo | Apr 14, 2014 | Book Cover Design, Book Cover Evaluation, Book Marketing, Finding & Evaluating a Designer
Recently I was asked: “What is the best way for a self-published author to create a book cover for under $500?” Everyone knows the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Everyone also knows that’s exactly what happens. You don’t want a cheap-looking cover, and... by Michele DeFilippo | Mar 31, 2014 | Book Cover Design, Book Cover Evaluation
Some authors like to mock up their book covers as a way of thinking through what they want. It’s not a bad idea, but your designer won’t expect you to provide a mock-up, so it’s really unnecessary for you to go to the trouble of creating one. Instead of mocking up... 