In this episode, Matt & Lauren share three chilling scenarios bound to keep you up at night and our tips for surviving your worst book publishing nightmares! Hear the horrifying tales of: 

🕸️ The Monstrous Cover Art Mockup

👻 The Proof Possessed by Problems

🔪 The Beta Reader Butcher

Listen now, or watch the full episode on YouTube…if you dare.

Dive Deeper

🕸️ Monstrous Cover Art Mockup

• Ep #21 | Cover to Cover: Getting Your Book Design Right
• The Secret to Cover Design Success
• Webinar | What Makes a Good Book Cover with Bailey Designs Books 

👻 Proof Possessed by Problems

• 5 Visual Indicators Your Book Is Self-Published
• Blog Posts on Book Formatting
• Videos on Book Formatting
• Lulu’s Free Publishing Resources

🔪 The Beta Reader Butcher

• Ep #20 | Do You Need to Hire Professional Editors for Your Book?
• 10 Errors Writers Make That Editors Hate
• Types of Book Editing and How to Get Them Done
  
  

Sound Bites From This Episode

🎙️ “This episode is for you if you've ever woken up in a cold sweat from nightmares about a truly horrible cover design.”

[3:23 ] 🎙️ The Monstrous Cover Art Mockup → You get your cover art back from your designer and you absolutely hate it. Now you have to figure out how to share that feedback with your designer, and how to better make your dream cover a reality.  

[16:18 ] 🎙️ The Proof Possessed by Problems → You order a print proof and it comes back riddled with cover or interior errors. Now you need to figure out where it all went wrong, and what you need to do in order to fix it. 

[30:19 ] 🎙️ The Beta Reader Butcher → You asked a few friends to beta read your book and they tore it to shreds. Now you need to figure out how to process that critical feedback…and maybe how to save your friendship. 

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