Book Reviews
Back Stories
On Becoming Multimedia Emperors
Crossing Over, Homepage Sub •
Guest Author •
Jun 17, 2013
If it had been the Sixties, we would have begun a commune. If it had been the nineties we would have started a dot-com. Because it’s the 2010s (the first two decades of a century are super annoying for nickname branding purposes), we obviously decided to start a multimedia empire. Read On
Yes, We Really Do Judge Books by Their Covers
Cover Me, Homepage Sub •
Terri Giuliano Long •
May 29, 2013
According to Mark Coker, Smashwords’ founder, there’s a clear connection between great covers and great sales. “In addition to promising what a book will deliver, the [cover] image also promises (or fails to promise) that the author is a professional, and that the book will honor the reader’s time.” Read On
Presenting April’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”
Cover Me, Homepage Sub •
Guest Author •
May 28, 2013
Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers. Read On
Why it’s best if I let my wife handle my book jacket designs
Books, Cover Me, Guest Column, Homepage Sub •
Guest Author •
May 21, 2013
It’s difficult to say when my book jacket hobby became a sickness, but it was likely about the time I started writing books simply for the sake of creating covers for them. That’s when I knew I needed help. Again, my wife to the rescue. A professional graphic designer as well as artist, she has wrested from me the tools of my day-glow debauchery. Read On
Patti Davis: “If you weren’t you I could sell this in a minute”
Crossing Over, Homepage Sub •
Guest Author •
May 08, 2013
There is now a boundary line in my career, separating being conventionally published and self-published. And I’m very much at peace on this side of that boundary line. Read On
Presenting March’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”
Cover Me, Homepage Sub •
IR Staff •
Apr 30, 2013
Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers. Read On
Presenting February’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”
Cover Me, Homepage Sub •
IR Staff •
Mar 26, 2013
Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers. Read On
Elisabeth Naughton: Romancing the Pages
Back Stories, Featured, Homepage Sub, Interviews, Loren Kleinman •
Loren Kleinman •
Mar 22, 2013
My New York Times bestselling novel, WAIT FOR ME, was rejected by several agents (I never shopped it to a traditional publisher) because, as they put it, it straddled genres and was too “category”. I was told no one would want to read about a woman with amnesia. Readers have disagreed. Read On
Presenting January’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”
Cover Me, Homepage Sub •
IR Staff •
Mar 05, 2013
Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers. Read On
Presenting the Latest “Ebook Cover Design Awards”
Cover Me, Homepage Sub •
IR Staff •
Jan 29, 2013
Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers. Read On
