Crime thriller typography isn't decoration — it's genre signalling.
3 typeface pairings that tell readers exactly what kind of book they're picking up.
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Most authors lose the sale before a reader reads a single word.
15 cover design elements that drive purchases → hmdpublishing.com/blog/best-novel-cover-guide
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KDP Select = 90-day Amazon exclusivity. Worth it in romance & thriller. Less clear in business or self-help. Know your genre's KU appetite before you enrol. hmdpublishing.com/consultation #kdpselect #hmdpublishing
Stephen King's On Writing is the craft bible we broke down every key lesson so you can apply it today.
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Most authors upload and wait. That's not a launch it's a gamble. Visibility comes from positioning, not luck.
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50,000 words isn’t luck. It’s a system.
Most writers fail NaNoWriMo because they start wrong.
Here’s the plan that works 👇
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Most authors fail for one reason: no system.
Our full guide covers everything from first draft to published manuscript.
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Same book. Same price. Same listing.
Changed the cover — sales went from 8 to 94/month. Cover design is your #1 conversion lever.
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Tom Clancy sold 100 million books by building a system obsessive research, authentic detail, and series thinking that kept readers loyal for decades.
We broke down what modern authors can steal from it.
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Followers are rented. Your email list is owned.
End your book with a reader magnet, build a welcome sequence, and your list becomes your launch.
How many subscribers do you have?
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Set your KDP paperback price at launch and never revisited it? Print costs have changed 3x in 4 years.
Your royalties may be lower than you think. Audit your pricing today.
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18 books. One village. Read them in the right order — it makes all the difference.
Full guide: hmdpublishing.com/blog
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A publish date isn't a launch plan. Cover, ARCs, keywords, pre-order, follow-up — that's the sequence.
Most first-time authors skip all of it and wonder why sales stall.
Plan earlier. hmdpublishing.com/consultation
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A+ Content is free in KDP. Most authors don't know it exists. 30 min setup. Lives below your book description on Amazon. Go do it today.
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PDF ≠ ebook.
73% of conversions fail for the same reasons. Full guide is live — 7 steps, real case study.
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A+ Content is free on Amazon. Most authors never use it.
3 layouts that convert:
→ Comparison Chart (up to 18%)
→ Editorial Review (up to 12%)
→ Series Reading Order Visual (up to 9%)
Free tool. Most authors leave it completely blank.
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Most authors don't lose readers to bad writing. They lose them to bad formatting.
EPUB to MOBI done wrong = broken layouts, pixelated images, bad Kindle renders. New guide covers exactly how to get it right.
🔗 hmdpublishing.com/blog/e-pub-to-mobi-guide
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Any keyword hits 25-35 clicks with zero orders? Pause it. No exceptions.
20 bleeding keywords × £12 each = £240 gone. That's your entire monthly ad budget wasted.
One client cut spend from £180 to £45 in a month. Same book. Sharper targeting.
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Readers decide in 7 seconds. Three lines is all it takes.
Line 1: what's the book. Line 2: who's it going to change. Line 3: why can't they wait.
Free description generator — link in bio.
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We audited 40 author websites. Most lose readers in under 8 seconds.
Four things fix it: professional photo, genre tagline, email hook, series page.
Most authors are missing at least two. Which one are you?
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The 5 genres generating the most KU page reads right now (HMD data, 2,100+ titles, Q1 2026):
Romantasy (100) · Cozy Mystery (84) · Dark Romance (79) · Thriller & Suspense (67) · LitRPG (58)
Is your book in a KU-hungry genre?
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5 things authors get wrong about building a platform:
Email > social. Process > promotion. One platform mastered > five neglected.
Consistency > monthly posts. Your bio is a sales page — write it like one.
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Most authors treat Kindle publishing like a file upload. It's not.
Cover, categories, launch window — all of it determines whether your book sells or disappears.
Full 2026 KDP guide →
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£9.99 earns ~£6.92. £10.00 earns ~£3.50.
One penny. Half your royalty. KDP deducts the delivery fee before your 70% is applied — and outside the £1.99–£9.99 band, you drop to 35% automatically.
Price for profit. Full breakdown linked in bio.
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Bad cover = invisible book. No matter how good the writing is.
New blog: The Complete Book Cover Maker Guide — create professional covers that actually sell in 2026.
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Your Amazon categories aren't locked in.
90-second email. 48-hour response. Once a month. KDP confirms it's allowed.
We've used this on 10,000+ books. Wrong category = invisible. Right category = bestseller.
Template linked in bio.
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Your cover font signals genre before readers read a word.
Condensed sans for Crime. Script + Serif for Romance. Brush lettering for YA. Geometric sans for Business.
Wrong font = lost sale in 2 seconds. We've designed 10,000+ covers.
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Amazon KDP changed their royalty structure. Your pricing needs to change too.
Rising print costs are killing margins. Here's how to protect yours 👇
🔗 hmdpublishing.com/blog/paperba...
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12 sales in 3 months. Changed 4 things on the cover. 140 sales the next month.
Same book. Not one word touched.
Colour palette. Font hierarchy. Tagline. Spine width.
Design is marketing. Nothing else. Cover audit checklist — link in bio.
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"I think God knows exactly who I needed for this project, and He gave them." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lucie's book is published. 5 stars. 10,000+ authors. Same standard every time.
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