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SPS-352: Reverse-Engineering a Story - with Michael Webb

The Self Publishing Show

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The Cover Is the Most Important Thing for Your First Book

I think the cover has been a big part of the success. I signed up for a book tour with my first book. It cost a couple hundred dollars. They had great reviews, but was it worth it for the amount of money I paid? I don't know. No publicity is wasted. Even if you paid a little bit too much, like I said, it's getting over that hump. You have to get that traction. So Amazon will do that work for you. And the book has been very successful.

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