Update - Cover Reveal! - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Self-Publish

Status
Not open for further replies.
Literateparakeet

Literateparakeet

Nerdy Budgie
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Dec 31, 2011
Messages
1,386
Reaction score
226
Location
Seattle
Website
lesliesillusions.blogspot.com
Queen of Swords said:
But on the other hand, that's money out of my pocket, and I don't have experience in gauging what cover designs work in terms of attracting readers. There are a lot of covers which I haven't liked, but which an art department and marketing department approved of. So I do find it less stressful when the final decision is out of my hands. Pros and cons on both sides for me.
Click to expand...

I agree; there are always pros and cons. Especially the money up front...that is a con for most of us! Especially for editing...that is the thing about self-pub that is most stressful to me...finding a great editor and paying them what they deserve. More than anything that is what makes me consider being a hybrid author some day (or at least attempting too!)
 
Marian Perera

Marian Perera

starting over
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Dec 29, 2006
Messages
14,354
Reaction score
4,660
Location
Heaven is a place on earth called Toronto.
Website
www.marianperera.com
Happy October to me!

secretwatercover_zps128d4c08.jpg
 
DreamWeaver

DreamWeaver

Shakespearean Fool
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Apr 11, 2005
Messages
2,916
Reaction score
403
Your cover looks extremely professional. I really love it. I can't wait to see the other one, to see what the changed element does. Good luck with hybridization! :D
 
Dennis E. Taylor

Dennis E. Taylor

Get it off! It burns!
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Jul 1, 2014
Messages
2,602
Reaction score
365
Location
Beautiful downtown Mordor
Queen of Swords said:
But on the other hand, that's money out of my pocket, and I don't have experience in gauging what cover designs work in terms of attracting readers.
Click to expand...

IMHO, the cover is as important as the jacket blurb, if not more so. I troll amazon a lot, being a thoroughly addicted reader; and I will pass right by a book with an amateurish cover. Call me shallow (but not Shirley), but if the author can't even bother to get that right, it just doesn't bode well for the contents.
 
Marian Perera

Marian Perera

starting over
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Dec 29, 2006
Messages
14,354
Reaction score
4,660
Location
Heaven is a place on earth called Toronto.
Website
www.marianperera.com
DreamWeaver said:
Your cover looks extremely professional. I really love it.
Click to expand...

Thank you! I hoped it would be able to hold its own with my Samhain covers, and I don't think I need to worry in that respect. :)

Angry Guy said:
IMHO, the cover is as important as the jacket blurb, if not more so. I troll amazon a lot, being a thoroughly addicted reader; and I will pass right by a book with an amateurish cover. Call me shallow (but not Shirley), but if the author can't even bother to get that right, it just doesn't bode well for the contents.
Click to expand...

It can be bewildering if you've never organized your own cover before, and I feel for authors who have been told that anyone can create a cover with Photoshop. Seriously, I considered this. Then I came to my senses. Even if I had the necessary competence with Photoshop, it wouldn't have occurred to me to do some of the things Amber did - like positioning the "1" where it is. And I wouldn't have known where to get the images or what license I needed and all that.

I admire self-publishers who like doing covers themselves and are good at it, but for the rest of us, it's not all that costly. Premade covers can go for as little as $45.

Mclesh said:
Marian, lovely cover! Very professional looking. Well done!
Click to expand...

Thank you so much! Now comes the editing...
 
Status
Not open for further replies.