This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 625 episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

I hope you enjoyed this week's episode,

Tips on Hiring and Working with a Book Cover designer

and New Cover Reve reveal for Dreamlander.

As writers we know an eye-catching book cover

is vital for captivating potential readers.

Recently, I got to work with the talented team at E-book

launch to update the cover of my portal fantasy

Dreamlander.

And today, I'm excited to share my experience and insights to help you find and

collaborate with the Right Book Cover designer. First, a little background on this project.

As many of you know, Dreamlander was published in December 2012

and has easily been the most popular of all my novels.

So it seemed appropriate that for its 10- anniversary the book should get a little refresh and I'm incredibly happy with the results. I hope you'll love it to

To celebrate I'm doing a paperback giveaway over on Instagram, so be sure to check that out as well.

And obviously I can't show you the cover here on the podcast, but if you'd like to see it, be sure to stop by the site at Helping Writers Become Authors.com.

So today, using my recent collaboration with e-book launch on Dreamlander as a case study, I'm going to walk you through the step by step process

of hiring and working with a book cover designer. We'll explore the process of finding the right designer, budgeting and pricing,

preparing for the design process, and achieving an effective collaboration.

All right, so finding the perfect book cover designer may seem daunting, and this is why thorough

research is essential to ensuring a successful match.

So first of all, you're going to want to consider these key factors for finding the right book cover designer.

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