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5 Mistakes That Make Your Self-Published Book Cover Look Amateur

by mandilynnwrites | Sep 15, 2026 | Book Cover Design

If you plan on designing your own book cover, the last thing you want is for people to assume the book is going to be bad just because the design is bad. Despite how much we all might like to think otherwise, people do judge a book by it’s cover, and the design is a...

Design an Illustrated Romance Book Cover With Me ? Subscribers Control the Design – ESP 2

by mandilynnwrites | Jul 28, 2026 | Book Cover Design

Today is the second episode in the Subscribers Control My Book Cover Design series here on YouTube. In the last episode, we designed a fantasy book cover, and this time we’re designing a romance book cover! To help decide what we design, I asked you guys to fill out a...

I Worked With an Illustrator to Design My Book Cover

by mandilynnwrites | Jun 30, 2026 | Book Cover Design

Today is cover reveal day for my upcoming billionaire fake dating closed door romance, Revenge in Rome. In this video, I’m showing you the entire design process from sketch to a final cover with typography. You’ll also get to see all the other versions of the cover...

Couple Fantasy Book Cover ? Subscribers Control My Book Cover Design – ESP 1

by mandilynnwrites | Jun 16, 2026 | Book Cover Design

Welcome to a new YouTube series where I let subscribers design my book covers. Every month, I’ll be sending out a survey letting you pick different elements of a book cover. You pick the genre, concept, colors, fonts, and even the title of the book. Then using those...

How to Use Typography to Make Your Book Cover Stand Out

by mandilynnwrites | Apr 7, 2026 | Book Cover Design

Just how important is typography for your book cover? You may think the image on your cover is the selling point, but the text can make or break your book cover. I personally believe that typography can be the thing that makes your book cover look professional, or the...

5 More Book Cover Design Mistakes You Need to Avoid!

by mandilynnwrites | Mar 10, 2026 | Book Cover Design

Whether you’re designing your book cover yourself or you’re hiring someone to design your book cover, it’s important to understand what makes a book cover good, and what makes it bad. At the end of the day, readers do judge a book by it’s cover, so don’t miss out on...
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Recent Posts

  • I Only Sold ONE Book at My Book Signing… The Reality of Author Events
  • I Gave Away a Book for Free to Sell More Books… Here’s What Happened – BOOK MARKETING EST 7
  • 5 Mistakes That Make Your Self-Published Book Cover Look Amateur
  • How Are Book Sales Really Going? – BOOK MARKETING ESP 6
  • EVERYTHING is going wrong in this book release…and I’m changing my book cover
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