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A Book by Its Cover

Mar 23, 2017

A Book by Its Cover

Have you ever bought a book you didn't mean to buy because you liked its cover? Likewise, have you ever put a book down because, even though you liked the story premise, you just really didn't dig the cover? Here's the thing about book covers: they are a book's greatest or worst marketing tool. And that means a whole lot of thought goes into them. I thought it might be fun to take you through some of the cover iterations we made for MOM before deciding on the cover you see on

Interview with Collin Piprell (part 2)

Mar 8, 2017

Interview with Collin Piprell (part 2)

I know you have been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for the second part of our interview with CDP's Collin Piprell, author of MOM, which releases on April 5th. (Psst...it is actually available for a super secret sale on our website so check it out!) Without further ado... 5) Do you have any author inspirations? Among science fiction writers, I especially admire Cormac McCarthy. Although he isn’t really a science-fiction writer as such, I side with those who describe

Interview with Author Collin Piprell (part 1)

Mar 6, 2017

Interview with Author Collin Piprell (part 1)

You guys, you may have noticed there's something secret happening around the CDP headquarters. No? You haven't? Well there is. Trust me. Let me explain---no, is too long, let me sum up (<-- yes, that's a quote from a movie. I simply can't help it). Yesterday was March 5th, 2017, which means that in only one month, MOM, the first book in Collin Piprell's AMAZING science-fiction series, drops on the unsuspecting world. That's not a secret. But what IS a secret is that you can b