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How to make a good storytellingCan we maximize the effect of your storytelling? As we saw in our previous post, you’ll have to talk to a niche, not to everyone. As every story, you need a good concept, or idea…
Tips for good ebook covers: typesettingHave you ever thought about not putting any background picture to your cover? Already wrinkling your nose? But still, it could be the best solution. Pictures help but they aren’t…
Tips for good ebook covers: spaceSpace is like drawing, and it’s like writing. You just have to be balanced, in harmony with every other object inside the cover. It’s the same as using metaphors in your writing…
Tips for good ebook covers: looking for photosPhotos and images are everywhere on the Internet. Of course you are tempted to pick up any of the thousands of Google or Flickr images. But are you sure all these ones are for…
Tips for good ebook covers: Inspire yourselfHere we come to the last point of our tips for good ebook covers, or in this case, even for paperback books. That is: look at the others. First of all, don’t think you can design…
Tips for good ebook covers: fontsYou have made a cover for a story set up in Paris in the night, or a mystery story. So you look on the Internet to look for some very “cool” font, something very Italic or…
Tips for good Ebook covers: drawingsAbout drawings, it’s valid what we have said in this post about getting together images. Try to not make them by yourself. It’s a general rule for everything. It’s good you can…
Tips for good ebook covers: composite picturesLet’s suppose you have found some images which fit perfectly to your cover. The first impulse will be of putting them together, in some way. Well, it’s better not to do it. In…
Tips for good Ebook covers: colorsAmong the many aspects one has to meet with, there’s the one of colors. It’s one of the most difficult to manage, but here we’ll explain some helpful tricks. It’s hard to use…
Tips for good ebook covers: author and titleHere we go. Where should I put my name as the book’s author and the title in the cover? You could ask like that. And you could think, also, that because they’re the main thing…
Success cases: Meredith WildIt’s very good to look success stories of Indie authors. I guess everyone of you has made up his mind reading as much as possible on how to hit it big time. However, let us…
Success case: The crown conspiracyMicheal Sullivan, author of The crown conspiracy, has been publishing a lot since this book. He made a lot of way out of the market, but everything has started from this…
Success case: LonelinessSimplicity is always the key. Here there’s an example of it. It’s so simple that we don’t even have to use many words to describe it. It’s a cover for an essay, but don’t you…
Book Covers Clichés: topicsAs we saw in a previous post, you have to be careful about clichés when designing your cover. We’ll see here other examples. About Africa there were especially landscape clichés…
Tips for good Ebook covers: photosBackground photos are extremely important when you’re making your cover. Although a cover conveys a mixed message of images, texts and colours, the first impact one reader has is…
Tips for good ebook covers: general rulesEvery format has its own characteristics. Apart from the size, to design a cover for a paperback book is quite different than to do it for an ebook. Not only paper-book covers are…
Ebook Cover Size SpecificationsRespecting ebook cover size specifications is essential. Unfortunately, many judge books by their covers. Sure enough, research has shown that the impression made by a cover has a…
Ebook cover design awardsOn a monthly basis, The Book Designer website hosts a competition to give ebook cover design awards. Hundreds of authors submit their work for evaluation every month, suggesting…
Five powerful tools to integrate for your businessWhat is Ondine? We live in a world made of images. Our main senses in our worldly life are sight and hearing. While it’s difficult to isolate sounds from the background noise, it…
Storytelling: what is it for?Everybody can understand that telling a great story has such a magnetic effect on the people, since the beginning of history. But nowadays there is also a special need in business…
Book Covers Clichés: general rulesWhen you design your cover it can occur you fall into some clichés, which can be images, colours, backgrounds that are used in most of the covers for some topic. Although it’s…
The benefits of an attractive ebook coverAs Aeschylus said, “appearances are a glimpse of the unseen” and, whether we like it or not, appearance does matter. Consequently, when it comes to selling your ebook it is…
The importance of ebook covers in 2015It’s growing, and it’s not going to stop. We’re talking about the importance of ebook covers in 2015. We live in a society that is addicted to technology. Children spend long…
Ebook Cover Creator, a new tool to make a difference in your bookA completely new graphic software for book or e-book covers has been designed by Omniteca Lab and introduced to the market at the following website: ebookcover.ondine.pro. It…- Omniteca Lab launches its e-Book Cover CreatorUpdate: ebookcover.pro is now part of Ondine a more greater tool to design cover. Summary Today, Omniteca Lab, a leading web-based graphic design solution, is pleased to announce…