Publishing
Boost your book marketing efforts by using PickFu to test book titles and covers with potential readers targeted by literary preference, reading frequency, and more.
bell hooks. Mark Twain. Pablo Neruda. Maya Angelou. What do these four famous author and poet names have in common? They’re all names of authors who decided to choose a …
If you’re an author, especially a self-published author in charge of your own suspense book covers, you know the stress of getting the cover just right. Even when you’ve narrowed …
No pun intended, but mindfulness books should really make you think. Let’s see what happened when this author took two cover designs for a book about mindfulness to PickFu. Which …
Chandrima Das, the author of deliciously frightening stories, recently asked a group of literary fiction readers on PickFu to vote between two horror book covers for her book The Talking …
Not everyone is as lucky as fiction writers, who can get away with being pantsers. That’s writer-speak for “drafting by the seat of your pants” instead of following an outline …
For many authors, one of the most exciting parts of seeing their novels travel the road to publication is watching the creation of a book cover. In traditional publishing, the …
Be careful what you name your book. Bad self-help book titles can be a real turn-off for potential readers. You’ve got to get your title just right. One author recently …
Congratulations, you’ve created a coloring book. But what’s the best cover art to showcase the coloring book inside? While it’s tempting to think that you can slap bright colors and …
It’s hard to believe that writers used to pen entire novels by hand. It makes sense that some revered works of literature are extremely long and wordy, because they didn’t …
Lately, self-help books with swear words have become their own genre. Some people love a good expletive. Others find them vulgar and unfit for genteel society. But let’s admit it: …
