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Your book's back cover: Editor's Notes #407 December 27, 2023 |
Hello, —Dan LaBash In this issue: 1. Your book’s back cover 2. Tickled my funny bone 3. Interesting Web site 4. Writing prompt 1. Your book’s back cover The front cover of your book, with its title, subtitle, and graphics, beckons the buyer to look further. The next step interested people take is to flip the book over to see the back cover where you put more detailed information designed to promote a sale. Your book’s back cover should not be crowded. Typically, it contains most or all of the following, so write tight:
A good back cover clinches the sale, so give it the attention it deserves. If you self-publish, you are responsible for the whole of the back cover material. If you work with a publisher, be prepared to contribute at least ideas for any of the text. =========== 2. Tickled my funny bone Mugging: stealing someone's coffee =========== 3. Interesting Web site For good advice on how to secure endorsements your can use on your back cover, visit this page: https://janefriedman.com/how-to-secure-early-endorsements-blurbs-for-your-book// =========== 4. Writing prompt Write a blurb and bio to go on the back cover of the book you are working one, one you have already finished (and possibly published), or one you dream of writing. For ideas, research blurbs and bios of books in print, especially those that are similar to yours in some way. =========== Join Writer's Helper Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WritersHelperEditor Follow me on Twitter @AudreytheEditor Link on LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/audreyowen (Email me first so I know how you know me.) =========== If you know a writer who would appreciate receiving Editor's Notes, forward this issue. If someone has passed this on to you, you can get your own free subscription by signing up at https://www.writershelper.com/newsletter.html https://janefriedman.com/how-to-secure-early-endorsements-blurbs-for-your-book/ |
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