Judging a Book by Its Cover
It took a few years and several re-writes to complete 'Right Now Is Perfect.' By the time I was ready to consider publishing details I knew I wanted a professional designer to help with layout and the all-important cover. The cover had to convey the spirit of the book as well as entice readers to buy it. My publisher, Authority Publishing, had me answer questions about what I wanted (blues and ocean photos, mainly) and based on that the designer came up with three covers from which I could choose. I loved all of them for different reasons, but one stood out because, well, it was perfect.
Soon after I selected the cover I entered it in the Northern California Publishers & Authors annual book awards competition. April 30, the cover design and layout of the book won second place! I'm very happy with the award which really should go to the designers at Authority Publishing.
The design work was done for the paperback edition, yet I use it for marketing the EBook edition as well. I have recently entered the Global EBook Awards competition and you can see my prize winning cover in the post for that competition. Actually, please vote for that post by pressing the fifth e along side 'vote' in the following link:
