Debra’s Comments (group member since Feb 28, 2013)

Debra’s comments from the Judge My Book By Its Cover group.

Hi Jill!

First of all, I love the bronze background.It displays well with her hair color and of course she is a beautiful girl. I think YA readers will click on it for sure. I would say it's a 5 star cover! Love it :)

I love it! I'm in Ohio with my son & his girlfriend who reads a lot and she said she loves it too! Great job :)

Marie wrote: "Debra wrote: "So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended"
It's a really neat cover... I would for sure pause on it."

Thanks Marie :)

I just voted...Loved them!

You're awesome Jill! Thank you :)

Thanks everyone for the kind words :) Jill, I was going to ask you how you posted your covers? I can't figure out how to add an image in this forum? It's bigger on my blog here:

http://debraamiller.blogspot.com/

Thanks Beth :) I'll keep you all posted on the results!

Thanks! It's a tribute to you and I'm so glad you approve :)

Hi All!

I decided to revamp the cover for "Descended" based on your comments and my own personal thoughts. It's really kind of an experiment for me. It will be interesting to see if there will be any change in sales. I'm putting the theory of "beautiful girl" to the test! I would love to hear your thoughts about the new cover design.

Okay so I couldn't figure out how to post my image but this link will take you there.
/http://d.gr-assets.com/photos/1362417...

I love the cracked cover look. It seems almost symbolic, a shattered life, which is very fitting to Jori's. The pier adds depth making me feel like I could walk down it. I like it, it meshes well for me :) Nice job...

I voted for option 2! I love, love, love the color scheme. That cover literally leaped out at me immediately and I also think it really flows nicely with the Pride Series. It will be interesting to see what others think too!

So to recap...for me...it's #2!

Debra :)

Too funny but I think true! Do you think a beautiful girl would do the trick too? Just curious...

Beth wrote: "Debra wrote: "Beth wrote: "Debra wrote: "So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended"

I think it's beautiful. Love the colors! I'm a suck..."

Beth wrote: "Debra wrote: "Beth wrote: "Debra wrote: "So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended"

I think it's beautiful. Love the colors! I'm a suck..."
I think you are right...I need to change it to entice my target audience. Darn it!

Hope77 wrote: "Debra wrote: "So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended"

I LOVED the cover of Descended, so simple and beautiful :)"

Thank you :) I'm actually doing this to see if I should revamp my cover. Thanks for cluing me into what your friends often click on! I am so curious to see what people really like. I hope we get some visits from the teen & YA crowd here on GR too so we can really test that theory.

Beth wrote: "Jill, I really like your covers. I know a lot people prefer Romance novels to have the shirtless sexy man on them. But I prefer something that lets you use your own imagination! I think your covers..."

I agree :)

Beth wrote: "Okay, here are my two covers. The cover for The Exception to the Rule was not liked in many of my reviews. So I went against my rule and went with the cute guy on the front of my upcoming novel an..."

Hi Beth,

Nice cover. Who doesn't love a peaceful walk along the ocean :)

Unplanned Lesson: First of all bravo for title and your cover is perfectly fitting. It has all of the elements that made me create this group...Hot Guy & Beautiful Girl! It looks steamy and that I believe makes a lot of people click on it. Great job :)

S. Katherine wrote: "Debra wrote: "So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended"

It caught MY attention ;)
I love it!"

:) But should I do a revamp? You know you want to say "yes!"

Beth wrote: "Debra wrote: "So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended"

I think it's beautiful. Love the colors! I'm a sucker for purple too!"

Thanks Beth! I created this discussion because I was thinking about revamping my cover. I had a few people suggest that since my audience is YA, teen readers specifically, that I might want to consider putting a hot guy or beautiful heroine on the cover? I guess it makes Teens want to click on it.

This is an experiment to see what makes readers click on a cover. Thanks so much for you wonderful comments. I'm a fan of purple too :)

Debra

Jill wrote: "It caught my attention! I LOVE purple though.. It's my favorite color. I love the flowers.

Here are all of mine. It's a four part contemporary romance series. The first 2 are released, the next t..."

Hi Jill!

Thanks for you comment on my cover.
Finding Pride Cover: I love your first cover. I have a statue just like that one that was given to me for personal reasons close to my heart. So for me, I would definitely click on it.

Discovering Pride: is lovely. Simple and beautiful :)

Returning Pride: While it is interesting as a stand alone, it seems to interrupt the flow of the series? The others seem to incorporate nature and are bright but that one is darker and the focus is the figure. I do like it though...

Lasting Pride: It flows great with the other books and is a beautiful scenic photograph. I really like it. My vote is I would click to see more :)

So this is my book cover. Would it catch your attention or not?Descended