Book Design Articles
The trends that are stealing hearts
Top 5 romance cover design trends 2026By Yummy Book Covers | At Yummy Book Covers, we’re all about helping authors create covers that pop—and in 2026, the trends are looking to be all about bold typography, vibrant...
DMCA Takedown for Authors: How I Removed My Pirated Books Fast
How I Removed My Pirated Books By Yummy Book Covers | The best way to fight book piracy is not by asking Google to de-list the sites (via the DMCA form). The listing may disappear, but the site remains. We need to flag...
How to Use a Book Cover Reveal to Boost Your Book Marketing
Why Book Cover Reveals MatterBy Yummy Book Covers | Cover reveal → pre-order → word-of-mouth.A cover reveal isn’t just a pretty picture—it’s the first conversion event in your launch funnel. In a 2024 reader poll, 69 % of...
How to Add Amazon A+ Content for Your Book
Amazon recently changed its rules to allow anyone – yes, even indie authors! – to add A+ content to their book sales page. But how do you do it and what should you put in there? What is A+ Content on Amazon? What is A+ content, you ask? We're talking about those...
Romantic comedy and chick lit cover design demystified
Romcom cover design trends 2025By Yummy Book Covers | Did you know that 79% of online romance readers choose their next book on the cover alone?⁽¹⁾ If your thumbnail doesn’t grab their attention, the blurb may never get a...
How to pay less for a custom book cover
Hard times call for a new approach to custom design. When advised on how to cut costs when it comes to book cover design, indie authors are often told to go with pre-made covers or DIY using various software from Word to Canva. While these approaches will save money,...
The making of an illustrated book cover
What exactly happens after you commission a designer to work on your book cover? A lot happens between the initial brief and the finished product. Let me walk you through a recent cover design I created for an indie author Kathy Fawcett – and her husband Steve, who...
Why Embrace the Chick-lit Cover Design Rules
Many consider chick-lit a lesser literary genre and the frilly cover designs are not helping. Your book is better than that... so, should you follow the trends or not? I understand the sentiment. I am a woman, and a writer. I want us to do well and get the recognition...