E-Book Covers: opinions please!

scarletpeaches said:

I think author/reader is a false dichotomy. One would hope any writer would also be a reader and therefore would have a gut instinct as to what would sell a book and what would not.

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The thing is, the author is a sample of one. They know what sells a book to them. But they cannot assume they are a "normative" buyer. I know that the covers I hate sell better, but I still don't like them personally. I have just learned to accept that what I think about them isn't all that important.

For those interested: http://www.epicauthors.com/quasars-best-winners2010.html

I really like the winner of the fantasy/paranormal romance. And also the first of the covers in the children/young adult category, though it's not a genre I would read. I wouldn't know who votes for the winners but I think it should be up to the readers as they are, after all, the people who buy the books and a good few would make their selection based on the cover art alone.
And incidentally, Quickreaver, I saw a cover of yours over at Loose Id (Baymore’s Heir by Lynn Lorenz) and now it’s on my to read list because, yeah, I think that cover is absolutely beautiful. Hope you don’t mind me mentioning it

I saw one over at Loose Id the other day that had me staring at the screen - I googled the author and realised the reason I had such de ja vu was because I used to follow the artist when she did a lot of fanart. Absolutely gorgeous stuff!