Book Rescue: I Paid Fiverr for 5 Book Cover Designs

About this video

In this Fiverr-sponsored episode of Book Rescue, Dale helps young adult fantasy author Robert G. Culp get professional covers. Earlier episodes had fixed Robert’s discoverability through keyword and category selection and rewrote his book descriptions, leaving his DIY covers as the biggest barrier. Dale explains Robert’s circumstances: Robert has a lesion on the front part of his brain that causes seizures and tremors along with anxiety and depression, managed with medication he has taken since he was 14 or 15 (he is now 27); he writes his novels on an old iPhone 6s, cares for an ailing dog, and lives on meager Social Security paychecks, with book royalties helping put food on the table. Dale commissioned his preferred fiction designer, Olivia Pro Design on Fiverr, to produce five cover designs for four products. Robert’s thorough brief is credited for the results. They reveal covers for the Night School book (with dragon and flames, in audiobook, ebook, paperback and hardback), two further series books including a trilogy cover designed in thirds like a spliced movie poster with numbered spines, and the short story Mirrorville. Robert reacts enthusiastically throughout, calls Night School his favorite before declaring Mirrorville his favorite and ’the best one I’ve seen yet,’ and rates his satisfaction at nearly 20 on a 1–10 scale. The episode teases a next installment in which Author Brand Kits will provide Robert a website, custom email and email marketing setup, a package Dale says is worth over $1,000.

Key takeaways

• After keywords, categories and descriptions were fixed in earlier episodes, Robert G. Culp’s DIY covers were the remaining barrier to sales.
• Five professional cover designs for four products were commissioned from Olivia Pro Design on Fiverr.
• Robert’s thorough design brief is credited with letting the designer deliver covers matching his vision.
• The covers covered ebook, paperback, hardback and audiobook formats, with series touches like numbered spines and a three-part spliced trilogy design.
• Robert rated his satisfaction at nearly 20 on a 1–10 scale, with Mirrorville as his favorite cover.

Episode details: published October 28, 2021 · 9:38 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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