A Peek Behind the Curtain: How We Come Up with Book Covers

by Kirsten Weiss

While cover design is certainly not the most stressful part of the book publishing process, it has its quirks. A good cover doesn’t tell the story, but it does need to do three things:

Grab the reader’s attention and make them curious about the story

Thumbnail size on Amazon

Tell the reader what type of story they’re buying – funny mystery, spooky suspense, lighthearted romance. This information needs to be easy to identify when the reader is looking at a thumbnail sized ima...