IndependentPublishing.com’s Ask a Self-Publishing Expert column provides answers to reader questions. This month, our self-publishing expert, Sarah Kolb-Williams, answers a question from Khalid, who is trying to become the authorized representative of his deceased mother’s KDP account. Here’s the email (lightly edited for length, clarity, and privacy): To whom it may concern, My name is […]
Month: May 2025
Navigating AI in Book Cover Design: 5 Considerations for Authors
A debate rages in literary circles about using artificial intelligence (AI) art in cover design. Is it ethical? How much AI should you use? Some people call it stealing from artists whose work trained AI models. Others feel you have to come up with creative and specific prompts to develop the art, and thus, it […]


