by James Fanthorpe | Oct 31, 2018 | Book Cover Design, Books, Design, Inspiration
An Introduction In a previous blog post I wrote about how to create an awesome book cover design, where the focus was predominantly on choosing cover imagery, you can read that post here: Tips to Inspire An Awesome Book Cover Design. In this post I wanted to cover the...
by James Fanthorpe | Feb 10, 2018 | Book Cover Design, Books, Inspiration, Marketing
So, you’ve spend months, or perhaps years perfecting your book, forsaking all objectives except committing your imagination or knowledge to paper. Finally it is the kind of book you’ve dreamt of, but what does it look like? Whether you are publishing an...
by James Fanthorpe | Jan 26, 2018 | Inspiration
Running your own business can be a lonely pursuit. Much like writing, which many lucky people are able to maintain as a healthy business, you can spend hours at the keyboard nursing cup after cup of coffee, often with only the cat for company. After a while without at...
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