Judge a book by its cover?

Well, do you? Can you? Nothing screams ‘amateur book’ more than a really bad cover - and I guess we’ve all seen some shockers. This week I’m going to take a look at the philosophy behind two different authors’ covers, and finish with a terrible joke.

By the time I started publishing my own books I’d spent many years laying out press ads and brochures and thought I could probably handle designing covers. I made some awful mistakes early on, but the beauty of e-publishing is that nothing is set in concrete. You can change a cover (or anything else) overnight. Here’s one I changed this week. I found this great shot with the wicked eyes and decided it was a heap better than my current one. As this is a three-book set for the price of two, I didn’t want the people too visible. Readers can decide for themselves which couple they are. I’ll be interesting to see if sales reflect the changeover.

                                

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