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Design

How to Enable Kindle X-Ray: An Author’s Guide

What is Kindle X-Ray?Finding ways to engage readers is an ongoing search for many authors. When you understand that connected readers don't just read books but also share them and buy more, finding tools to make this easier is critical to any book marketing strategy. This is especially true for self-published authors who often have to make...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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