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Remember that old adage: you can't judge a book by it's cover. Now with the proliferation of EBooks and HD, arresting EBook (and paper) covers have never been more important. Get the scoop at the VZ "Vox:"

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The Remains
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Published on September 10, 2010 06:26 • Tags: e-book, moonligight-falls, mystery, new-release, noir, stone-house-ink, suspense, the-remains, thriller, trade-paperback, vincent-zandri
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message 1: by Jason (new)
Sep 10, 2010 09:33AM

Jason McIntyre Yeah, Vincent, I agree. I also think that more attention needs to be paid these days to a cover that will look good in black and white and in low resolution because there are many, many black and white Kindle readers and so many smart phones with small screens capable of presenting ebook content. You want to make sure the book's title and the author's name are equally readable on small screens as they are on the bookshelf at B&N.

In addition to writing fiction, I've been a graphic designer for close to twelve years, specializing in both print and web so I've learned a few things about how to present material on a variety of platforms.

Have a look at my book covers over at Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/profile/vie...) and see if you agree that they are consistently presented in high-contrast across various mediums.

One of the advantages of having the graphic design background is that I can do many of these collateral materials myself which can reduce my marketing costs and, hopefully, present high quality covers to my readers. The bottom line? No one wants to read even an extremely well-written novel if the cover is ug-ug-ugly!


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