writing life
Your Book Cover Is Not Decoration. It’s Positioning.
A book cover is more than decoration—it signals genre, tone, audience, and professionalism before a reader ever reaches the blurb. Drawing on expensive lessons from The Chic Crone, I explore thumbnail testing, print colour, designer briefs, series branding, and how the right cover helps the right reader recognise your book.
Third Time’s the Charm: What Three Covers Taught Me About Book Cover Design
Three covers, several expensive lessons. I look at what redesigning The Chic Crone taught me about book cover design, genre signalling, thumbnail readability, reader expectations, print colour, and the hidden costs of changing a published cover—including lost recognition, outdated promotional materials, and Goodreads complications.