Been working on new paperbacks of our recent releases.
So far, all of our releases have been ebooks, most on Kindle, but a few with wider distribution. I know that not every reader prefers, or even accepts the ebook format. Some folks prefer prints. And who can blame them? There’s something to the tactile feel of a book in your hand, the smell of the printed page.
Well, if you’re one of those readers, you might like to know that I have been working on building paperbacks for some of our main volumes. Paperbacks just take a lot more work than ebooks do–the formatting, setting the covers, etc. One nice thing that KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) offers is the ability to order proof copies of your paperbacks, even if they are still unpublished drafts.
So here we are.
I also have a proof copy of DANGEROUS GAMES, but a buddy asked to read it. Couldn’t deny such a…
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JM Williams 
Love the covers!
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Thanks! I’ve been learning a few new skills after getting into publishing.
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I use Canva for most of my non-fic. They have nice templates.
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I use canva a lot, too. The only draw back I have with canva is the lack of free fonts and good artsy filters. So often I will build the cover frame on canva (core images), save as an JPG/PNG, then do fonts and layers on Paint.net. Got a bunch of great fantasy-ish fonts off google. Paint.net has a nice ink sketch filter that helps to balance out all the different elements. Also use Paint.net to insert images/textures into other images via layers. That’s how I got the dragon and unicorn on the Ancient Heritage cover to have stars in them, and the chessboard in the silhouette on the Dangerous Games cover.
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