The Importance of the Book Cover in Promoting Books

You know the old saying, “You can’t judge a book by its cover?” Well, we judge whether we’re going to buy a book by its cover all the time, at least when it comes to new (to us) authors. In talking about getting published, we spend a lot of time talking about editing and promoting, but the right book cover plays a huge role in the success of a book.

Novel Ideas

Starting 2017 with an offer from a publisher really threw me into a huge, unexpected learning curve. Even though I'd been self-publishing for a few years and fumbling my way through the highs and lows of using Amazon and Smashwords, I was still looking for a more traditional deal. My last book, Live to Tell, was written with the intention of having it traditionally published, but if I hadn't had any luck, it would've ended up on my Smashwords profile. I learned far more going through the