We’re excited to welcome NRK Designs as a sponsor of Florida WritersCon 2025 held on October 17–19, 2025 in Orlando, FL. For more than 20 years, founder Nancy R Koucky has been helping authors and small businesses transform their manuscripts and ideas into beautifully designed books, magazines, and marketing materials. About NRK Designs NRK Designs provides complete professional book design and formatting services using the latest publishing software.  Services include interior formatting and design, book covers, digital books, and marketing … Read More »

Book covers are a tricky business. All of the wonderfulness of your story needs to be reflected in an attention-grabbing cover that will make readers want to choose your book. Now that your story has been written, lets explore some cover thoughts and ideas. Genre It’s important to convey the genre of your book to give potential readers an idea of what your book is about. Established design styles will serve as a guide, but here are a few examples: … Read More »

If fonts were shoes, my closet would be overflowing with them. I love fonts. There are TONS available for download and a lot of them are free. Font classifications Most font websites sort fonts into general classifications for easy viewing. There are serif (Times, Garamond), sans-serif (Helvetica, Ariel), script (Brush, Snell Roundhand) and speciality. The speciality or decorative category covers a myriad of typefaces, including grunge, foreign, techno, futuristic, retro, gothic, horror, vintage — way too many to list here. … Read More »

Online printers and publishers scan your book cover files with specialized preflight software. It checks for anything that may cause problems in the printing process. If their check detects RGB color mode instead of CMYK, the file may be rejected. Or, if it is used, your printed cover may not meet your expectations. What is CMYK? CMYK is the color mode used in four color process printing. It stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. These are the four standard … Read More »

Has your print book cover ever been rejected because an image is under 300 dpi? Websites like Kindle Direct Publishing and Ingram Publisher Services scan cover files with specialized preflight software. This preflighting looks for issues that will result in a poor quality printed product. Checking the dpi of your images is part of this process. Files containing low resolution images will be rejected. What is dpi? DPI stands for dots per inch and is referred to as the resolution … Read More »

Old sayings notwithstanding, people do in fact judge a book by its cover when deciding whether to buy it. They try out the title to see if it sparks an interest. They glance at the cover art, and if it doesn’t interest them, they move on. If the title and cover art draw them in, they may turn to the back and read the blurb. If the blurb interests them, they may open the book. If what they read interests … Read More »