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Book Covers: Make Sure Yours Gets the Right Attention
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My favorite cover for Abundant Gifts
Trying to design your own book covers is one of the biggest mistakes I see new authors making, especially if they self publish.
One of the advantages of self-publishing is that you are in control of the whole process. When you work with a company like Intermedia, for instance, you own the rights, and you get to pick the cover, the interior design, everything.
However, there’s a downside to this. Just because you have the final say, that should not mean that you are the best one to judge the cover design, or even the title, for that matter. Having the final say should not mean having the only say–especially when it comes to areas you’re not trained in, such as the interior and exterior design.
Unless you’re an experienced designer yourself, Read More→
How One Author is Handling Fame, Fortune and … Cancer
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Just read Michael Hyatt’s Tweet about how he’s seen few authors handle fame well … just minutes after my husband sent me an email with an excerpt from an interview Rick Warren did with Paul Bradshaw.
Rick is the author of The Purpose-Driven Life and other books that have become best sellers.
Here’s what Rick said. You decide what you think of how he’s handling his fame and fortune.
And cancer …
“People ask me, What is the purpose of life?”
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is
