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See the covers for Unnamed Press’s three lead debut titles

April 22, 2025April 22, 2025by AdamLeave a Comment

Thank You, John by Michelle Gurule, Sister Creatures by Laura Venita Green, and Zone Rogue by Michael Jerome Plunkett will all be released this Fall, within a month of each other, from Unnamed Press. The indie press has selected three debuts to be their lead titles for the season instead of building their promotion around established writers. Here at Debutiful, we love that notion, and below we have a combined Q&A with the three debut writers to showcase their exciting and gorgeous debut covers designed by Jaya Nicely.

All three titles are now available for pre-order and more information about each writer and book can be found below.

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The Art of the Author Website

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025by AdamLeave a Comment

While social media is king, and a writer’s aesthetic there will catch the eyes of Bookstagrammers and Booktokkers, the author’s website is still a vital resource many readers, writers, and media members use to research and connect with a book author.

Creating a webpage can seem overwhelming, but it’s actually easy to create a simple website thanks to resources like WordPress (which Debutiful hosts our website on), Squarespace, and Wix.

Trust me when I say simple is better.

Regardless of what source you use to create your website, here are up to five pages you need to make the lives of readers, writers, and media members easier.

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The Art of a Cold Pitch

January 28, 2025by Adam1 Comment

At any given point, my inbox has 100+ emails from publicists I’ve worked with for over a decade, as well as submission form responses from writers I’ve never heard of. I also get sent books regularly, ranging from ones I expect and have asked for to ones writers cold-mail me.

It is no better for a writer to pitch their book via the online submission form or send me a book with a printed letter. I think it makes more economic sense to send an email, but that’s just my two cents.

I’ve spent some time thinking about why certain books catch my eye, and I want to focus on writers who pitch themselves because they either don’t have an assigned publicist at their publisher or they are on a small enough publisher that the writer has to hustle for themselves.

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