Book cover design and marketing materials for self publishing authors.
Today is Friday, May 09th, 2008
Hi, my name is Brion Sausser. I live in Chula Vista, California (a south-eastern San Diego community) with my wife Susana, and my son Alex. For fun and income, I make book covers and occasionally foray into page layout, copy editing, and website design.
Introducing…paperback book cover templates!
Self-publishing a book can get expensive fast – even through a free service such as Lulu, CreateSpace, or Cafe Press, because while it’s relatively easy enough to format your books interior by yourself with MS Word or the like; it’s an entirely different challenge to create a decent cover to go with [...]
First-time novelist Leinad Zeraus (a pseudonym for Daniel Suarez) didn’t let rejection decide his books fate; getting nowhere after submitting his novel Daemon to dozens of literary agents, he shifted gears and formed his own imprint then self-published through print-on-demand leader Lightning Source.
Here’s a link to the full story in Wired Magazine: Daemon
By courting bloggers [...]
A free 34 page eBook from David Meerman Scott that explains how some smart marketers are using ‘word-of-mouse’ marketing to promote their products instead of spending a fortune on traditional advertising. A good read for authors brainstorming ideas on how to promote their book too: Viral Marketing: Download PDF
24Jan2008 | Brion | 0 comments | Continued
At a time when the prospects for independent publishers hasn’t been very rosy, along comes Dzanc Books with a simple philosophy that may reverse that trend:
Dzanc Books is looking for literary fiction that takes chances and does so with great writing. We do not mind books that do not fill a marketing niche. We are [...]
