Covers screaming amateur?
Indie covers scream amateur yearly. Sales suffer.
1. The problem
Self-publishing authors wear amateur covers yearly. Thumbnails decide clicks. Genre codes mystify fonts. Designers charge hundreds. The hardest part is thumbnail-bold fast. A cover might sell books alone. That uncertainty makes it hard to publish clicked.
“Wearing yearly amateur here. I need genre kits with test flows.”
2. What exists
Cover designers, Reedsy and Canva dress books, while screaming persists yearly. Designers backlog weeks. Canva templates clone. There is little help with genre kits plus test flows for authors.
3. The solution
The solution could be a publish-clicked engine. It could code genres simply fonts. It could test small wisely thumbnails. Packages could bundle series. The goal would be clicked covers, sold books.
FAQ
Common questions from people facing this problem.
How to design covers well?
Genre-coded; test small.
How to test thumbnails?
Shrink previews always.
How to price design?
Packages plus series.
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