

“But the first book has very little in common with the other two; and the other two are from the same author so OF COURSE they should be identical. That’s not cliché at all, it’s branding!”
― Book Cover Design Secrets You Can Use to Sell More Books
― Book Cover Design Secrets You Can Use to Sell More Books

“Better to be a cliché than to be a failure. Incidentally, I’ve played this scenario out a dozen times with clients. They want something simple, suggestive, symbolic. I tell them to choose something obvious. A powerful, beautiful picture that hits all the right genre buttons. They insist, we finish the cover, six months later they decide they are frustrated with their low sales and they give me permission to redo the cover and make the design that will sell the best. Are my book covers clichés? Probably. They also sell a lot of copies.”
― Book Cover Design Secrets You Can Use to Sell More Books
― Book Cover Design Secrets You Can Use to Sell More Books
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