Paperback Publishing
Paperback publishing has always asked authors to be both storytellers and production managers. You finish the manuscript, then face trim sizes, spine calculations, barcode space, bleed, and a stack of cover files. In this episode, we explore a faster way to move from book details to polished, print-ready artwork: bring your information together, use AI to help shape the design, and prepare the formats you need for print and digital distribution—without turning the cover into a weeklong project.
The first step is getting the details right. Your title, subtitle, author name, description, genre…
The skinny
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