Cover Stories is a blog for indie authors that shares the process of designing book covers and discusses common questions new authors have about book design.

2021 Year In Review
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2021 Year In Review

This year I designed the covers of 24 books! From alternative investments, to children’s literacy, to Crohn’s disease, I was fortunate to work with self-published authors from a wide variety of genres. 

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Stay On by Connie Baker, MS
Lucy Holtsnider Lucy Holtsnider

Stay On by Connie Baker, MS

Today I'm excited to share the story of one of the first books I designed for a self-published author: Stay On: Build Resilience and Thrive While Facing Cancer by Connie Baker. Connie’s award winning book has numerous 5-star reviews on Amazon.

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My Stories Have No Endings by Gayle Gonsalves
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My Stories Have No Endings by Gayle Gonsalves

Today I’m sharing the cover of successful self-published author Gayle Gonsalves’ new novel, My Stories Have No Endings. I work on several book projects at a time, so unfortunately I can’t read all of them.  But the lyrical prose in Gayle’s book sucked me in right away. Her book tells the story of an aspiring writer named Kai growing up on a Caribbean island, falling in love and learning her family’s secrets.

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