C is for Covers #atozchallenge
Book covers fascinate me.
I understand you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I find it difficult not to. Check out this list on Bored Panda and see if you’d pay money to read any of them after viewing the covers.
I admire anyone who can design a beautiful cover.
I’ve done one DIY cover, and I’m not proud of it. But the story is available for free and it was either money for editing or money for a cover, and the editing won. I do plan to have it redone when I can afford to squeeze out the coin.
Indie-book covers are hard-won. Most indie authors don’t make enough money to cover the cost of the expenses associated with publishing a book–not at first, anyway. So I’d like to honour some lovely covers I’ve come across.
Ten compelling indie-book covers/sets of covers (of course the covers for my books are on the list–they’re gorgeous):
The Valiant Chronicles Series: The Experiencers and A Ring of Truth : Design by Patti Roberts of Paradox Book Covers.
Injury : Design by Patti Roberts of Paradox Book Covers. Patti’s covers for my forthcoming releases, Gillian’s Island and Walk-In are just as spectacular and will be revealed soon.
Skin Cage : Design by Nico Laeser. There’s nothing Nico Laeser can’t do. He writes beautifully and his art is phenomenal.
Harmonic Resonance : Design by Nico Laeser
New Age Noir series: Felonious Monk and Soma County : Design by Linda Tenenbaum.
Origins : I don’t know who did this cover, but it catches my attention every time I see it.
Seer of Souls : Cover design by Greg Simanson.
The Institute Series: The Institute , Resistance , and Defective . Design by Wicked Book Covers.
The Thief Who Stole Eternity (book two of the Infinte series): Design by FLAFI Design.
Amsterdam Calling : Design by Amy Covenay of Author Design Studio.
There are many more gorgeous covers out there, but these in particular caught my eye.
After the cover, the blurb, reviews, and the sample have to pass muster for me to buy, but, fair or not, it’s always the cover that hooks me first.
