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May 4, Art Fantastique

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:40:01 GMT

I am an artist specialising in fine art and realism, my usual mediums are watercolour pencils. Born in Scotland, I have lived in and around The United

Apr 25, Fantasy Cover Artist & Layout Designer

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:56:14 GMT

My name is Eimi Pinero. I'm an illustrator, graphic artist, web page creator, and book cover designer. I've earned my BFA in Illustration from Fashion

Apr 20, Setting the Biographic Record Straight

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:02:02 GMT

Setting the Biographic Record Straight: Lily, Duchess of Marlborough What do you do if you stumble upon a minor historical figure whom you think has been

Apr 18, Bookart

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:16:58 GMT

I'm a painter, photographer, and collage artist. My acrylic paintings are colorful, energetic, slightly abstracted, and reproduce well. My photographs

Apr 12, Photo-Manipulation Artist for Book Covers

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:41:47 GMT

Book Cover Artist Looking for Work I do all types of art in a certain type of medium. I do something called photo-manipulation but I break it down

Mar 27, New post on our sister site

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:33:48 GMT

This one from the author who recently wrote the article, "My Experience with Xulon Press."

Mar 24, Original art as well as digital manipulation

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:53:44 GMT

+40 years experience: original art as well as digital manipulation. I do scientific illustration, fantasy art, science fiction, portraits (people & other

Mar 23, My Experience with Xulon Press

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:44:40 GMT

Graduate of the Self-Publishing School of Hard Knocks: Xulon Press and Beyond Perhaps we all need to experience our own hard knocks to learn most effectively,

Mar 17, Picture Book Author Creates an Online Download Store

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:48:07 GMT

Webmaster has actually placed this article in the book marketing section. Click to read.

Mar 9, All Aboard!

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:03:48 GMT

Picture book self-pub story on our sister site by some folks who, to borrow a poker term, went "All in."

Mar 8, Experienced, ARIANA Award Winning Romance Cover Artist

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:13:53 GMT

Winterheart Design, owned and operated by erotic romance author Lex Valentine, is an experienced romance cover artist. Most covers are digital, photo manipulation

Mar 4, Digital Manipulation/Mixed Media for Book Covers

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:39:23 GMT

Hello, I am Tansie Stephens, also known as hybridgothica. I am a digital artist - mainly for digital photomanipulation and mixed media. My style mostly

Mar 3, A Uphill Adventure

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:08:36 GMT

Not genre enough Dystopian novel? This is a short story. I self-published my dystopian novel RIVER DAWN in August of 2011. I never thought about genre

Mar 3, From A Book To A Movie

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:50:17 GMT

Genre: Young Adult I spent time pursuing traditional and even got to the point where one publisher picked up a hardcover and printed Angel in the Shadows,

Mar 1, Photomanipulations and Vector Drawings

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:07:45 GMT

Art by Karri Are you one of those rare individuals who put the pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard nowadays) and spun a whole new imaginative world that

Feb 29, Dark Fantasy Artist

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:27:56 GMT

Renu Sharma - Artist My art is majorly dark and also has a fantasy feel to it. For the book covers, I am comfortable doing all kinds of genres, be it

Feb 27, Starting a Printable Picture Books Store: Publishing My Coloring Story Books!!

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:30:14 GMT

A children's book author tells how he re-tooled the children's book to create coloring story books, i.e. printable picture books you download from an online store.

Feb 23, Book Trailer (and Audio Book): Getting Them Made

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:42:28 GMT

Author K.C. Hilton, an aggressive marketer, talks about having a book trailer made, largely with audio from the audio book version of her YA novel.

Feb 22, Do you judge a book by its cover?

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:09:02 GMT

CreateSpace Do you judge a book by its cover? It’s an honest question. When an idea for a book crosses my mind, the next thought is what the cover would

Feb 22, A "Don't Miss" Post on Our Sister Site

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:08:23 GMT

We reviewed author K.C. Hilton's Middle Grades Novel on our children's books site without even realizing it was self-published. (She's sold 4500 copies in her first 9 months.) Mega-marketer that she is, she contacted our reviewer about reviewing the sequel. Well, we persuaded her to write a self-publishing post for this site about the importance of book covers, but the blow-you-away post about her magical marketing efforts appears on our sister site, Best Children's Books. You will definitely want to check it out!

Feb 14, Angel Alvarez- Art by Angel- Children's Book Illustrator/ Cartoonist

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:06:39 GMT

My name is Angel Alvarez - Artist Illustrator Cartoonist I love bringing stories to live with unique characters. I work in both traditional media and

Feb 13, Book Illustration: Covers and Interiors

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:29:27 GMT

Concise and to the point. No frills or twiddles. I convey the essence of your text in a single image. I work with a combination of traditional media and

Feb 8, Children, Graphic, Paint, Sketch, Anything. You Got It!

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:26:21 GMT

Hello, My name is Kristyn, I am 22 years old and i have a major passion to create. I have been drawing since i could hold a pen. Yea i like to draw in

Jan 31, Difficulties with Self Publishing Companies

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:12:33 GMT

Persistence with a goal to help others I used due diligence to find a Publisher, in fact I obsessed finding the right one for my non-fiction motivational

Jan 30, Pre-Selling Our Photo Book

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:27:09 GMT

the Drakensberg Mountains in print This as been an incredible journey that has lasted a bit more than full year from conception of idea to having finally

Jan 27, Inspiring and Thought-Provoking

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:25:49 GMT

My style can be described as insightful, inspiring and thought provoking. Simple in form and structure with a deep underlying story. Elements of symbolism

Jan 26, Create a Mood with Characters and Design

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:37:18 GMT

Cover Illustrations I am a photographer and artist. I primarily use Photoshop and can create a mood with characters and design. If you want to see more

Jan 20, Photo Manipulation for Genre Book Covers

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:25:32 GMT

Hi there my name is Nicky and I do photo manipulations (I do illustrations using photos and paint) I can do the following: fantasy, Horror, mystery,

Jan 9, Learning The Ropes To Self Publish

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:31:12 GMT

Genre:Romance Writing my first romance novel, Beginnings Farms: Rebuilding Love and Trust. Free First chapter available. I have been published with www.chainbooks.com

Jan 7, My experience with self publishing ebooks

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:59:05 GMT

Okay here goes; my first experience with self-publishing was a scary process. I had no idea how much work goes into publishing not to mention marketing

Jan 7, Images that speak to the heart of your story

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:05:23 GMT

With every cover I do, my goal is to develop a personal relationship with the author to best translate their work and their feelings about it. A writer's

Jan 6, Photo realistic photo manipulation

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:05:23 GMT

Photo realistic movie like photo manipulation... I do book covers :) Using Adobe Photoshop for 10yrs + I now am addicted to photo manipulation. ***300x250right.shtml***

Jan 2, Great new selfpub post on our sister site

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:43:46 GMT

"Download and print" books for beginning readers!

Dec 31, Fantasy Art with a Heart

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:41:52 GMT

I am a self taught digital artist. I specialize in fantasy creations. I have always been passionate about creating artwork for books. I love the idea

Dec 7, Freelance Illustrator - Realistic

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:56:29 GMT

Hi! My name is Ben Guldemond, working under the online alias - BenG. I'm a freelance illustrator working mostly in a realistic style. I studied illustration

Nov 29, Attention-Commanding Digital/3D Art

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:40:09 GMT

Digital/3D My style is actually a wide-array of characters, animals and scenery. My people are all original, genre has mainly been fantasy although I've

Nov 17, Cover Artworks

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:58:26 GMT

My name is Tomasz Jedruszek working under nickname Morano. I have more than 7 years of experience in interior illustrating but my best are cover artworks.

Nov 8, Freelance Book Cover Artist

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:04:20 GMT

I love creating dynamic, well-designed covers that captivate readers and compete with covers produced by the big publishers. I work mostly with photo

Nov 8, Graphic Art by Patrick Burke

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:56:03 GMT

My Graphic Art is based on my dreams and defiantly little stories with hidden meanings and thoughts, I like to have some mystery in this work. Sometimes

Nov 6, Horror and Scifi/Fantasy Book Illustrator

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:46:35 GMT

Hello. My name is Katie Lawter and I am a horror and scifi/fantasy illustrator. My style is gritty and filled with surreal colors and textures. My subject

Oct 15, Cover Artist for Self Publishers

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:43:16 GMT

I Illustrate all kinds of art but most of mine deals with dark art. I am flexible to try and do any art that you would like to have for your cover.

Oct 15, My Test. My Testimony.

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:39:24 GMT

I have always had a passion for writing and always found myself doing so on my leisure time. I always dreamed of becoming an author one day. I didn’t think

Oct 15, Children's Illustrations by Izzipics

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:17:23 GMT

Illustrator and Filmmaker Izzi Ciesinska is located in Toronto, Canada. She has illustrated over twenty published titles, which include multiple Honorable

Oct 3, Self-Publishing Romance

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:22:30 GMT

Genre: Romance My story begins in 2008 it was my first attempt at writing a romance novel. Let us say I did not have the knowledge of the book publishing

Sep 16, New selfpub post on our sister site

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:53:52 GMT

Read Krishna Dalal's upbeat post about her spelling bee picture book.

Sep 7, Livia Myers Illustration

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:54:51 GMT

I am a freelance illustrator from Mississippi, and I have been doing commission work for six years. I've had four years of artistic training with a drawing

Sep 3, Pro Illustrator 20 + years

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:57:49 GMT

Hello My Name is Lazaro Ruiz. I have been an illustrator for over 20 years in every type of art industry. I am a digital artist and all my work is done

Aug 13, Real and Moody

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:31:15 GMT

Real and Moody - Comics/Gothic/Romance Thanks for looking! I specialize in Vector art, as seen in the Batman piece. I am capable of illustrating book

Aug 12, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Cover Artist

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:29:54 GMT

Our company, FantasyFairyPhotos.com, has been creating fantasy art for consumers for years. Recently, we were contracted to do a graphic novel, The Toxic

Aug 10, Obama's Problem: Not Telling Proper Stories

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:29:03 GMT

I read this stunning opinion piece in the New York Times. Why do I mention it on a self-publishing site? Because it makes an excellent case that Obama's failure to effect change can be blamed on his reluctance to tell stories, in particular, stories with clear villains. I couldn't agree more.