Partner Spotlight: Jessica Bell
Meet Jessica Bell, a multi-talented artist who creates unique, best-selling book covers.
Fringe Highlight Podcast: 5 Tools to Road-Test your Book Idea w/ Tara R Alemany
A little bit of market research can go a long way toward ensuring the financial success of your books. Learn how to test topic ideas and refine them into ready-to-sell titles for enthusiastic readers.
Beginners’ Self-Publishing Salon Podcast: Ebook Design with Michael La Ronn & Jay Artale
In today's Beginner's Self-Publishing podcast Michael and Jay discuss the different elements you should consider in the eBook design process, and your author role. We also let you know how to find and work with a professional cover designer.
How to Use a Survey to Pick the Best Cover for your Self-published Book
Can't decide which cover to use for your next self-published book? Read this case study of how Stephen Oram used a survey to choose.
Book Marketing: How the Cover of Your Self-published Book Influences Your Brand as an Indie Author
Do your book covers convey your author brand effectively? Professional book designer Aimee Coveney explains the many benefits of good cover branding for self-published books and shares simple tips on how to develop effective author branding for your books, whatever kind of book your write.
Sunday Success Stories: A Triple Win for an ALLi Team
Here's the first in a new occasional series for Sundays, celebrating successful collaborations between ALLi Members. Remember, ALLi isn't only for authors, but also for service providers, who, once they've passed our quality vetting process, become Partner Members. The Dragon’s…
Designing Book Covers that sell – the 7 Must-Haves: Derek Murphy
Indie Author Fringe: Derek Murphy shows us the 7 Must-Haves for designing books covers that sell and what works for readers and online stores.
Production: When’s the Best Time to Design Your Book Cover?
For self-published authors, which comes first, the cover or the book? In the past, I've considered the cover to be like the icing on the cake, rather than the baking tin, and focused on writing the book before thinking…
Book Production: Should You Change Your Cover?
Changing your book's cover is a hot topic at the moment, with many authors reporting that revamping the look of their book can dramatically change their book's sales. It takes courage, however, particularly when you've grown attached to the original…
Finding The Right Book Cover Designer: GUIDO CAROTI
Seek out the designer whose work appeals to you personally. At the bookstore Researching in a bookstore is my favorite way to learn about other designers. Make a trip to the local book store. Review recently published books. Look at different…
Production Tips: How To Use a Survey to Choose A Book Cover
One of the many benefits of ALLi membership is access to a closed forum of indie authors around the world, allowing them to ask questions and share answers about best practice in self-publishing away from the public eye. It's a…
Publishing: How To Find & Work Successfully With A Cover Illustrator
Karen Myers, American self-published author, provides a helpful and comprehensive case study of how she sourced new book covers for her latest fantasy series. Two years ago when I started writing The Hounds of Annwn series, I used images by…