Writing: Front and Back Matter for your Self-Published Book
Book promotion expert Ben Cameron always says "writing the blurb is the hardest 100 words you'll ever write", and many…
Book Design: How Changing Covers Can Transform Self-published Book Sales
Australian book designer Scarlett Rugers makes a compelling case for investing in more targetted book covers to boost sales of…
An Animated Approach to Cover Design
Today American screenwriter Tom Rogers shares his experience of developing an appropriate cover for his children's novel, Eleven, which is based…
Publishing: Why I Love Working with Indie Authors – by A Book Designer
Working successfully as both a self-published author and a book designer, Jane Dixon-Smith, a member of the Triskele Books collective,…
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…
How To Build a Great Relationship Between Author and Book Designer
Australian professional book designer Scarlett Rugers offers advice on the best way for self-published authors to build a great working…
The Self-Publishing Advice Center: from the Alliance of Independent Authors
Welcome to ALLi's Self-publishing Advice Center, a community outreach service from the Alliance of Independent Authors, offering advice and guidance you can trust, across the seven processes of publishing:
Editorial
Design
Production
Distribution
Marketing
Promotion
Publishing rights management