You Wont BELIEVE This Illustrated Book Cover Design

About this video

Dale showcases an illustrated book cover designed by Miblart, the video’s sponsor, for subscriber and author Dave Holland, who won the cover in a giveaway from a previous video. Dale discloses the sponsorship upfront and says he sought Miblart out rather than the other way around, acknowledging viewers might see him as biased, so the point of the video is to let a fellow author report on the experience instead. He argues authors skimp on covers — thinking them too pricey or trying DIY — and end up with poor sales, even though readers judge books by their covers. Miblart, he says, offers cover design, marketing materials and interior formatting, with 10% off using the coupon code dale10 via his affiliate link. Illustrated covers normally take Miblart about two weeks because the art is custom-made from scratch; Dave’s took a little over one month, which Dale attributes to extensive back-and-forth between Dave and the designers, and he frames that dialogue as a normal part of working with a good designer. In Dave’s quoted words, he ‘couldn’t be happier’: as his vision grew, the visuals grew with it, and the covers are ’expansive, eye-catching, kind of moody and a hint of humor with the ship — a great brand and hopefully a brilliant gateway to the story.’ The video closes by announcing another Miblart cover-redesign giveaway: comment with your book title, author name and why you want a redesign, with a winner drawn 40 hours after launch and 48 hours to claim the prize.

Key takeaways

• Skimping on cover design — over price or DIY confidence — is presented as a preventable cause of poor book sales.
• Giveaway winner Dave Holland reported being highly satisfied, describing his Miblart covers as expansive, eye-catching, moody and with a hint of humor.
• Miblart illustrated covers normally take about two weeks; Dave’s took over a month due to extensive back-and-forth, which Dale says is normal with a good designer.
• Dale fully discloses that Miblart sponsored the video and that he approached them, and offers 10% off with code dale10 via his affiliate link.
• A follow-up giveaway offered another reader a free Miblart cover redesign for commenting their book title, author name and reason for wanting one.

Episode details: published December 13, 2022 · 3:42 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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