Robert Moutal of Cover Design App – Why Your Book Cover Is Killing Your Sales (And How AI Can Fix It)

Robert Moutal of Cover Design App – Why Your Book Cover Is Killing Your Sales (And How AI Can Fix It)

May 11, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 150

About this episode

Robert Moutal discusses the importance of book cover design and how AI can enhance the quality of covers for self-publishers.

Robert Moutal is the founder of Cover Design App, an AI-powered tool that helps independent publishers create professional, market-ready book covers using principles from semiotics, color theory, and design psychology. A publishing coach with a master's degree in semiotics and communication, Robert has personally published more than 60–70 books and built Cover Design App to solve the exact problems he saw holding self-publishers back: poor typography, bad stock imagery, and covers that failed...

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