Unabridged: What Makes a Book Cover Pop with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Today we are joined by author Luvvie Ajayi Jones to discuss the all-important topic of book cover design and book marketing. Luvvie regularly works with aspiring new authors through her Book Academy, guiding them all the way through the publishing process. We also play a game where we predict whether or not a book will sell based on the title and cover (see the covers here).

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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Bookshop.org and Amazon.

• I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

• Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

• Rising Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

• Little Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

• The Book Academy

• Luvvie’s Thread on Book Covers (July 3, 2024)

• I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

• A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

• Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

• You’ll Never Believe Me by Kari Ferrell

• Scam Goddess by Laci Mosley

• Scam Goddess (Earwolf)

• American Bulk by Emily Mester

• How to Tell When We Will Die by Johanna Hedva

• “Sick Woman Theory” (Johanna Hedva, Topical Cream)

• Maggie Nelson

• Tiffany Aliche

• Tomi Adeyemi

• “Ep. 231 At the End of Every Day There's a Book with Lisa Lucas” (The Stacks)

• The Stacks Instagram

• Win with Black Women

• Beyoncé

• Mini Stacks reading list (Bookshop)

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