Let’s Talk Covers Part III: The Dangers of Stock Photography

We’ve discussed covers before: Let’s Talk Covers Part I: Hire a Pro or Not? And Let’s Talk Covers Part II: What Makes an Effective Cover? And as we discussed in Parts 1 and 2, designing and creating your own book cover is difficult, but not impossible.

Today, I thought I would share with you some of the dangers and difficulties of using stock photography.

A month after I had put the final touches on the cover design for Mindspeak, a novel was released using the same photo I had already committe...