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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...

KDP Canva Ban: Can You Self-Publish a Book to KDP if You Designed It In Canva?

by mandilynnwrites | Dec 2, 2025 | Book Cover Design

I’ve done multiple tutorials showing you how to design book covers using Canva. In one of those videos, someone commented that Canva book covers get rejected. Since I’ve never published a book with a cover designed in Canva, I got curious, and I dug up a...

Canva Book Cover Design Tutorial – Book Cover Design on a Budget

by mandilynnwrites | Sep 2, 2025 | Self-Publishing

Want to design a book cover on a budget? Typically I teach book cover design using Photoshop, but today I’m doing a tutorial on designing a fantasy book cover in Canva (Pro edition). I’ll be going step by step, designing this cover with you, giving some...

Designing an Illustrated Romance Book Cover in Photoshop

by mandilynnwrites | Jun 17, 2025 | Book Cover Design

Support the project on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mandilynnbell/sparks-in-iceland-sweet-romance-exclusive-hardcover Want to learn how to design book covers? Check out my book cover design courses: https://stoneridgebooks.teachable.com/ My...
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