The job of any cover artist is to convey what your book is about – be it from a quick glance, a tiny image or your cover splashed on a billboard. It’s vital to convey the feel of the book, maybe even a character or two, but most importantly, play up to established expectations. Historical Continue Reading...
Monthly Archives: February 2012
What’s your book about?
Should be an easy enough question to answer, right? But that answer suddenly becomes hard when you have a less then a second to show a potential reader what the book is about – and you have about an inch of space to make your point. Even the book detail page doesn’t give us a Continue Reading...
Make your cover pull it’s weight!
I always ask for visual clues about a story – is it sad, is it funny, is it dark and noirish? Instead, I often get extremely detailed descriptions of the book characters without giving me an idea of how to emotionally connect to them. The point of a cover is to do the exact same Continue Reading...