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Free Self-Publishing Consulting & Seminars
Exciting news! The Book Cover Whisperer continues to travel around the country offering free self-publishing consultations and mini-seminars near you. Please check back frequently for the latest dates! Free Self-Publishing Consultations & Mini-Seminars Lake Tahoe,...
Kirkus Best Indie of 2020
Best Indie Books of 2020 Congratulations to Ndirangu Githaiga for his novel's win as one of the best indie books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. The People of Ostrich Mountain's cover designed by The Book Cover Whisperer!
Your Book Needs CIP Data
by featured BCW guest blogger, Glenna Collett I used to think that a copyright page didn’t really need cataloging-in-publication (CIP) data in order to be complete. But I was wrong. But wait—what is CIP data? It’s the block of information on a book’s copyright page...
Book Cover Redesign: Before and After
Should you judge a book by its cover? If you're wondering whether you should make the investment (a second time) to redesign your book cover, ask yourself if you can afford not to! These three authors couldn't have been more thrilled with the results. Get started with...
NIEA Book Winners Announced
Two Winners Receive Author Media Kit & Bookselling Promo Pack From their website... The Indie Excellence® awards recognize books that demonstrate overall excellence through a synergy of form and content. The Book Cover Whisperer was a 2019 Awards Sponsor. The two...
Narrativity Writing Convention
July 12-14, 2019 Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West Minneapolis, MN -- From their website... In simplest terms, Narrativity is a gathering of writers, readers, and other interested parties who want to get together and talk about storytelling, and how to do it better. With...
Book Series Gets Cover Redesigns!
When Sylvie Kurtz came to the Book Cover Whisperer for cover redesigns for all eleven books in her Midnight Whispers romantic suspense series, and six books in The Seekers series, Christine happily accepted the challenge. Watch as we unveil each cover as it is...
Amazon Author Central Pages
Guest post is by Penny Sansevieri (@bookgal), CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts. She recently released 5-Minute Book Marketing for Authors, from which this post was adapted by Jane Friedman. Every author, regardless of when or what they’ve published, has an...
Free New Title Setup to BCW Clients
Exciting news! Any customer who uses The Book Cover Whisperer service can get free title setup for print and eBooks at IngramSpark. The code is ... Let The Book Cover Whisperer design your cover and find out!IngramSpark is an award-winning independent publishing...
2019 Publishing Industry Trends
ARTICLE COURTESY OF OUR FRIENDS AT WRITTEN WORD MEDIA Last year we made 10 predictions on what 2018 would bring to the publishing industry. We enjoyed hearing your predictions and discussing ours in the comments and on social media. We believe it’s important to think...