5 Point Book Tips: The Front Cover

What makes a strong front cover?  Here are five points that apply whether you are having your book traditionally or self published.

1) An image that will entice the reader to pick it up/find out more about it

2) An image that ties in with the title and text

3)An image that will be strong and recognisable thumb size as well as full size

4) An image that will translate well into marketing campaigns (look at Joanna Cannon’s The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and her new novel)

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5) An image that is unique – if you are self publishing do ensure you are not breaching cooyright. An image may say it is ‘free’ but the small print often says not – beware! 

Here is mine – along with some of the marketing items, I mentioned earlier. 

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Do share what you think are good covers in the comments below, or share your front covers. I would love to see them.