Create a Book Cover Design to Hook Your Audience and Boost Book Sales

Discover the industry secrets publishers use to design book covers that captivate readers and convert browsers to buyers.
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Distributing Your Book to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and More: How Publishers Sell Books

Part of the dream of becoming an author is imagining yourself walking into your local bookstore and seeing your...
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Meet Beau Johnson, Ballast Books Acquisitions Assistant and Your First Point of Contact

Beau Johnson is our acquisitions team assistant. Having joined us as an intern while finishing up her studies at San Francisco State University, Beau stayed...
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