Category Archives: Design

“Good artists borrow, great artists steal,” or so the old adage goes. Around these parts, we’re strongly anti-theft, but we love to gather inspiration. There’s nothing easier than working with an author who can point out three book covers or interiors that they love and three that they hate. Why does that make life easy? [...]

The way you’re going to sell that book changes the way you need to design it. We’ve hit on this before, but this is such a great example I couldn’t not talk about it! Seth Godin just released a new book, Poke the Box. He’s self publishing it, working closely with Amazon as the premier [...]

Most writers aren’t designers and that’s okay. But, a writer who self publishes needs to get comfortable with what good cover design looks like. Unfortunately, that can become a bit of a quagmire — a web search for good design will have you reading for the rest of your life… or at least a couple [...]

There are so many things to consider when you’re working towards a cover design for your book. Color choice, design elements, fonts (not papyrus again!), and now, how does it look at a half inch wide? What about an inch and a half wide? Does it still communicate effectively? Watch the progression in these covers [...]

ECPA recently announced the 2010 book cover award winners. Over and over again, the issue of target market comes up. It’s a challenge for self-publishing authors to ensure their cover communicates well to their target market. But, it is essential. If your cover communicates something that your content doesn’t deliver, you’re in trouble. The wrong [...]

The BelieversPress blog features Q & A sessions with the experts we work with, answering questions that you’ve asked. Have a question? Click the link in the sidebar to submit it! You asked, What is the key to a fiction cover that customers will pick up? As publishers and designers, we’re always trying to figure [...]

The BelieversPress blog features Q & A sessions with the experts we work with, answering questions that you’ve asked. Have a question? Click the link in the sidebar to submit it! You asked, Everywhere I go, I read that a bad book cover can really harm your book sales. I need to know, what’s a [...]

The BelieversPress blog features Q & A sessions with the experts we work with, answering questions that you’ve asked. Have a question? Send it to info@believerspress.com and we’ll get you an answer! You asked: My book is essentially finished, but it’s not quite as long as I want it to be. Are there any ways to [...]

The BelieversPress blog is going to be featuring Q & A sessions with the experts we work with, answering questions that you’ve asked. Have a question? Ask it here and we’ll get you an answer! You asked: What’s the difference between graphic designer and CBA book designer? Terry replied: A few definitions: Graphic Design - “the art [...]

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