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Specific, mechanical advice on the parts of publishing that quietly decide how a book performs. Search or filter by manuscript, cover and publishing.
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Cover · Covers
Book cover design tips that actually move copies
Nine cover decisions that measurably affect click-through, ranked by how much difference they make to a self-published title.
#cover design#thumbnail#genre signals#conversion
July 10, 2026 · 8 min read
Publishing · Metadata
Writing an Amazon book description that converts (and formatting it correctly)
The structure of a blurb that sells, plus the exact HTML tags Amazon permits in a KDP book description field.
#blurb#metadata#conversion#amazon kdp
July 26, 2026 · 7 min read