Letters and Numbers

Should the back cover be an after-thought?


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In the last two episodes, we discussed what distinguishes a good book cover from one of the three 'bad' kinds of covers. But so far, we've only talked about the front.

What about that after-thought - the back cover? Why do so many books come have back covers that looked like they were tacked on by a completely different designer? And how important is it, anyway?

Join author, linguist, and mathematician-in-the-making Sarah on an exploration of the world through the lens of letters and numbers!


Links from this episode:

⁠Sarah's blog (with pictures & checklist)⁠

Research from ⁠BookFly⁠ and ⁠Reedsy⁠

⁠C.R. Wraith⁠ and ⁠Sarah Neofield⁠ on Amazon

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Letters and NumbersBy Sarah