A freelance writer and journalist, Anne Stephenson spent much of her childhood reading about other people's adventures. Now she makes up her own. When not writing for nine-to-12 year olds, Anne is busy plotting how to commit murder on the page.
Read moreFeatured Author: Toni Kief
Toni Kief is a small town Midwestern nomad from a family of high spirits and laughter.
Read moreFeatured Author: Jamila Muradasilova
Jamila Muradasilova’s life experience is the source of ideas and inspiration for her books.
Read moreFeatured Author: Terence O'Leary
Terence O’Leary is an Irish-American author and speaker.
Read moreFeatured Author: Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest
The Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest is an author-owned, author-operated cooperative made up of writers, storytellers and creative minds dedicated to the craft of writing, publishing, and marketing intellectual property,
Read moreFeatured Author: Linda Curry
Linda J. Curry is an author, speaker and teacher in the areas of spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being.
Read moreFeatured Author: R. Todd Fredrickson
R. Todd Fredrickson lives in Snohomish County, Washington, where he enjoys hiking in the in the Cascades and getting lost in a good book.
Read moreFeatured Author: Petite2Queen
Petite2Queen is a tight-knit team focused on helping women kick-start their lives and careers.
Read moreFeatured Author: Enid Mallory
Enid Mallory has worked as a social worker and librarian and mostly as a writer.
Read moreBook Cover Reviews: All Things Cease to Appear
The recently published All Things Must Cease by Elizabeth Brundage is a dark, riveting, beautifully written book—by “a brilliant novelist,” according to Richard Bausch—that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder.
Read moreBook Covers - US vs UK
Every now and again we take time to compare covers from the UK and the US. Last time we we looked at V.E. Schwab's book A Gathering of Shadows. This time we have a bumper collection for you. In all cases the US versions are on the left. Share your analysis in the comments.
Read moreBook Cover Reviews: We've Already Gone This Far
As regulars on this site will know, sometimes I like to write about some of my favorite recent book cover designs.
Today, I'm admiring this beauty from Lucy Kim for Patrick Dacey's We've Already gone This Far. Lucy is a New York based designer working for Henry Holt. Prior to that, Lucy was at Penguin Group for 14 years.
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Judging Presidential Candidates by their book covers
At time of writing, there are five candidates in the running to become the next President of the United States of America. The internet is crawling with pundits offering their advice on who we should chose and why. But no one seems to have judged them by their book covers. Until now. In this article we throw party politics to one side, avoid debating whether America needs to be 'great again', or 'whole again' and focus on the one thing that truly matters – the quality of their book covers.
Read moreBook cover review: A Gathering of Shadows
This month saw the launch of the second book in V E Schwab's Shades of Magic series. The book was released in the UK and the US simultaneously – and each region opted for a different cover. Lets take a look:
Read moreOld Baggage
It took most of her life, but Elizabeth Donovan has finally had enough. After years of a difficult marriage, she has finally fought back. She had no choice but to leave the life behind and face the secret from her youth. The old life doesn’t want to let go, as she stumbles into the mystery that involves her deeper than she ever could imagine.
Read moreReviews, Teasers and Taglines – What to put on your book cover?
agline reviews and teasers are used frequently on many of the bestsellers, but seem strangely absent in indie book covers. This is partly down to the often cited advice that everything on your cover should be legible at thumbnail size. This is simply untrue.
Read moreBook Cover Reviews: My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir
Two days ago we rummaged through Shackleton's bookshelves to explore the books people take on expeditions to Antarctica. Today's book cover review focuses on a very different pile of books.
Read moreBook Cover Reviews: Unforgettable
Unforgettable is a debut novel by Charlie Maclean. The cover has been designed by Sinem Erkas. The cover was created, not through clever manipulation in Photoshop, but by typsetting the book and then cutting / tearing into it. The end result is eye-catching and gorgeous!
Read moreDesigning Books of the Future: Visual Editions
In yesterday’s blog post, I talked about the future of ebooks and noted that “sound business propositions will continue to grow, and well written, well edited and presented ebooks will continue to sell well”... In this post I wanted to highlight a London, UK-based book publisher who are looking to the future, producing premium physical books, but also creating innovating in the ebook space.
Read moreThe Six Faces of Biography – with Flowchart!
What do you put on the cover of your biography?
An obvious answer of a photograph of your subject. But what if the subject isn’t instantly recognizable? Do you stick with the large photograph and hope that people will pick it up? Or do you opt for a different design?
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