Book Cover Ideas: The Ultimate Guide To Bestselling Book Covers

You’ve written a book you’re proud of, and you can hardly wait to share it.

So, it’s about time you or your chosen designer created some book cover ideas that will help your book sell as well as possible.

Maybe you’d like to design your own, but you’re not sure how to do it or where to start.

Or maybe you’d rather pay someone else to create one, but you don’t know where to find a good designer who doesn’t charge more than your budget will allow.

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Everything You Need To Know About Fiction Vs Non-Fiction

If a friend were to ask you right now, “How do you know whether to call a book fiction or nonfiction?” what answer would you give?

You think you have a pretty good idea of how to distinguish the two — until someone asks you to articulate the difference in your own words.

It sounds so simple, right? You could just say, “Fiction is imaginary, while nonfiction is true.”

But sometimes the two overlap.

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9 Of The Best Writing Podcasts For Authors In 2023

Podcasts for writers are a welcome guiding light in the ever-changing world of writing and publishing.

Finding a publishing company isn’t the only way to get your work out there anymore. You self-publish your book and create your own platform for marketing and selling it.

Self-publishing has been a game-changer for aspiring authors who don’t want to wait for gatekeepers to give them permission to share their writing.

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Should I Write a Book? 9 Reasons to Write It in 2023

You have a book idea, and you think it would resonate with enough people to justify putting the work into writing it. But you still have doubts.

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What if I invest time and effort (and money) into writing this book, and only my friends and family buy it?
Or what if I write and publish a book, and the reviews are so bad, sales stop?
Or what if I think it’s a good idea for a book, but it’s not good enough — or unique enough — to interest people?

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How To Become A Freelance Writer And Earn Your First $1000

How to Become A Freelance Writer

When you’re learning how to become a freelance writer, you don’t have to look far to find detailed tutorials on creating an online platform, finding remote writing jobs, or getting started with freelance blogging.

It can be overwhelming. All you want to do is get started on the path to a satisfying freelance writing salary — one that will more than justify leaving that “regular job” and spreading your wings.

Getting started as a freelance writer is easier than ever, though, thanks to the pioneers who created the resources they wished existed when they were starting out.

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