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A single solid blue book cover, blank apart from a thin spine line, with the words "NO FONT FILE" in large uppercase type on the right.
Book CoversAI Tools

Why AI book cover generators get the title text wrong

Why AI book cover generators get text wrong: the two places letterforms break, what a font file carries that a generated image cannot, and what to do.

Sekar10 min read
A single book cover split down the middle by one clean vertical cut, the gap between the halves filled solid blue, with the words "TYPE STILL BREAKS" in large uppercase type on the right.
Book CoversAI Tools

AI book cover generators, a designer's honest take

What AI book cover generators do well, where the type still breaks, and the KDP specs no prompt can know, from a designer who set covers by hand.

Sekar13 min read
Five book covers stepping down in height from left to right, the tallest filled solid blue, with the words "MATH FIRST" in large uppercase type on the right.
Book CoversIndie Publishing

Book cover design for indie authors: routes and real costs

The four routes to an indie book cover, what each really costs, the KDP specs each one has to clear, and the copy count that pays a cover back.

Sekar13 min read
Book CoversIndie Publishing

Your Book Cover Is Your First Sentence

A reader decides whether to click your book in about the time it takes to scroll past it, and the cover does most of the talking. Here's how indie authors get a genre-correct cover that earns the click, with no designer and no design skills.

Sekar4 min read