I’ve got an
unhealthy – or maybe it’s perfectly natural, given my career choices – fascination
with book cover design. The topic comes up here pretty regularly, usually when
I’ve just been working on one for the new book.
And guess what... designer Stewart Williams has just finished the cover of The Sniper, the new Janac’s Games book that will be out at the end of July.
And guess what... designer Stewart Williams has just finished the cover of The Sniper, the new Janac’s Games book that will be out at the end of July.
What do you think?
It had to match the
existing covers for The Defector and The Wrecking Crew, so the biggest problem
was finding the right images to work with – and that proved tougher than I
would have thought. We got there in the end though, after hours on photo stock
libraries...
Meanwhile, I
thought I’d enter the cover of Powder Burn to Joel Friedlander’s May book cover design competition – at the very least I thought it would
interesting to get his feedback, as I’m a fan of his blog.
If you want to check out the winners for April, and have a look at some cool and some not-so-cool covers, click right here. We'll see how Powder Burn does next month...
The importance of a good cover cannot be underestimated. I was recently part of a promotion run by Bookbub.com (it's well-worth signing-up to get their alerts), and it boosted The Defector into the Top 100 on B&N.com. Most of those sales decisions are being made based on the cover and blurb – so I’m sticking to the same template for The Sniper. Now I just have to finish it!
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