If you’re researching how to write a children’s picture book, you’ve probably been touched by a children’s story at some point in your life. Now, you're ready to start creating a picture book of your own. What’s the first book that you remember reading/listening to as a child? Was it a picture book? Whether it was a soothing lullaby, a...
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Inspiration Board For Writers: 3 Tips For Success
Inspiration boards are a helpful way to encourage yourself toward your dream. If you are creative, visual learner, or simply love the tactile experience of taking your dream from ideation to a 3D experience, creating an inspiration board is for you. It might be easy to think of an inspiration board as a simple craft experience and a waste...
Book Template: 9 Free Book Layout Templates for Word & More
Do you need a book template to get started writing your book? If so, you’ll want to download a book layout template before you start typing up your manuscript. This will save you a ton of wasted effort and formatting issues later on! Whether you're writing a fiction book or a nonfiction book, you'll want to start writing as quickly as possible to...
Book Cover Design Software – Your Best Options
Being an author involves a ton of decision making. Self-published or traditional? If you’re self-published, you have to pick an editor. You’ll also have to decide on what company you use to print your book, when you’ll launch your book, and how your book will be distributed. You’ll also have to decide on your own cover. Will you make...
Premade Book Covers: Pros, Cons, and Where to Find Them
If you’re a self-published author, you’re probably already familiar with how hard it is to produce a book. Traditionally published authors get free edits, cover designs, formatting, and printing, but self-published authors have to manage production by themselves. This isn’t as bad as it sounds—being able to do everything on your own means...
Free Book Mockup Generators & 3D Book Templates
Book mockup generators are the quickest way to make your book visuals look professional. If you’re like a lot of writers, visual book marketing methods such as creating book mockups might be outside of your comfort zone. Marketing is based around two basic components - copy and visuals. As people who work with words, we naturally feel more...
How to Design a Simple Book Cover
Written by Guest Contributor, Ronita Mohan. Published by the Managing Editor, Omer Redden. The saying goes that one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But with so many books stacked together on store and library shelves, the cover is what will attract readers. While authors affiliated with a publishing house have a team to work with on their...
How to Find and Hire A Book Cover Designer for Your Self-Published Book
If you're self-publishing a book, you will need a professional book cover designer to improve the chance of your book's success. Yes, you will need to hire a professional book cover designer as a self-published author. In the world of online publishing, book covers are everything. A survey of over 500 readers shows 79% of them say book...