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5 Tips for a Successful Book Signing

5 Tips for a Successful Book Signing

OMG! I’m an introvert, what have I done? Yes, you signed up for an author event, now what? If you’re second-guessing yourself that’s natural, if you’re not that’s fine too. There isn’t just one right way to approach a book signing. If this is your first public appearance just think of it very simply, it’s a way for you to meet readers face to face, some who love your work and others who are...

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The Making of a Successful Author

The Making of a Successful Author

One of the particular problems in the indie author world is that there are so many moving parts to manage: not just the writing, but the edits, the cover art, the advertising, the bookkeeping, the multi-author projects, the social media posts, the audiobooks, the translations… Any and all of these can easily consume your available brain space—or, through the sheer number of tasks, exhaust...

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How I Used Book Brush to Support a Chirp Deal

How I Used Book Brush to Support a Chirp Deal

Audiobook retailer Chirp Books is known for offering fantastic daily deals to its listeners. When I learned that A Royal Scandals Christmas: Three Holiday Novellas would be a Featured Deal in December, I knew Book Brush would be the ideal tool to bring the sale to readers’ attention. Video Trailer When notified about the upcoming sale, I double-checked the book’s metadata to ensure it was...

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6 Typography Tips for Graphics and Book Covers (with 35+ font pairings)

6 Typography Tips for Graphics and Book Covers (with 35+ font pairings)

Fonts are one the best ways to convey genre to your readers. And as such, the wrong font can make even the most gorgeous artwork look messy. Don’t worry, Book Brush is here to help! We recently ran a series on our Instagram of font pairings to give authors some inspiration and direction when making their graphics and book covers. And now we’re bringing that insider knowledge to our blog, plus 6...

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