Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Indie Publishing

  • Surrender!

    One of the things that’s happening behind the scenes here right now – besides Tupperman getting his HEA, and the Bride Quest II books getting new type on their covers – is that the Rogues of Ravensmuir are getting new covers. I’ve been ’round and ’round about this, but finally decided to go for it.…

  • Shifting Type

    This past few months, I’ve been learning more about typography, particularly about type design for the covers of digital books. Theoretically, book covers should be the same independent of format – in reality, we look at digital book covers differently, which places different demands on the design. Specifically, when we shop online (whether we’re shopping…

  • The Future of Dragonfire

    As promised, here are the details of how the Dragonfire series gets completed. I do have plenty of spin-off ideas, but want to get the main series finished before we venture into new territory. So, here’s the plan. First off, we need to catch up with Drake and his Dragon Teeth Warriors. They collected the…

  • Upsides and Downsides

    Now that EMBER’S KISS has had its release month, I can share some news with you: my publisher and I are no longer partners. This is both good and bad for me personally, but I think the good outweighs the bad. It also results in both upsides and downsides for you as readers, but again,…

  • Cover Art in the New Wild West

    Last week on Wild West Thursday, we talked about the changing roles and expectations of cover artists. This week, we’re going to talk about the changes to cover art design in recent years. This is primarily due to the transition from buying physical books in brick-and-mortar bookstores, to shopping online, either for a digital edition…