14 Tips on Creating a Cover for Your Paper Book

• Guidelines for designing your book's front cover
• Design your book cover to attract attention
• Selecting artwork for your book cover
• Five tips for taking a book cover photo
• Use stock art to create cover inexpensively
• Attract attention by adding shout line to cover 
• Add tagline to boost interest in your book 
• Market your book with endorsements
• When are you a "bestselling author"?
• Design a back cover that sells your book
• Write a winning blurb for your book's back cover
• Let bookstore buyers select your cover for you
• How to write an author's bio
• Pay attention to your author's bio pic
• BONUS: “The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” – Sylvia Plath  

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