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The Rules of Good Covers

Robin Catling / September 4, 2023

You need to know The Rules of Good Covers. ‘Never judge a book by its cover,’ the saying goes. Truth […]

Uncovering the art of the book ‘blurb’; that short text on the back cover and in the book summary that

According to The Guardian last month, the UK publishing industry declared 2022 a ‘record-breaking year’ for book sales. The UK

Robin Catling / October 31, 2022

Crowd-funding is fine; the trouble with crowd-funding is finding the crowd… Platforms such as Kickstarter and GoFundMe turned crowd-funding into

Judging books by their covers gets even trickier with stock images and stock covers. Browse certain genres in the Amazon

The Self Publishing Journey: writing the book is only the first step. Next steps, edit, format, and release. Promote, market,

BBC Arts’ Tom Churchill mocked up five publishing design clichés that pervade the book stands. From the airport blockbuster thriller,