In defense of the mass of indie authors who chose low quality covers, the big stumbling block to a quality cover was price. Spending five hundred to a thousand dollars on a cover for a book that would be exceptionally lucky to earn $100 for the author was an investment most chose not to make. When I scored a cover for my novel for $200, I was psyched. But I'm here to tell you today that everyone can have a professional looking cover for $200 or even much less.
I was relating my tale of book cover design woe (which I'll share in a later post) with my friend and fellow indie author, Terry Green, the other day. She informed me that there's a group of illustrators who are targeting the hordes of indie authors with inexpensive covers. The trick is for the book cover designers to whip up a mock book cover which they will then turn around and sell to the first author to throw money down. Of course, the cover has to match your story. It would really be inappropriate to slap a scantily clad woman's ass on the cover of your "Dirty Dozen in space" novel, but someone's going to do it because sex sells.
Neither Terry nor I have worked with any of these designers, nor are we endorsing them. But when an indie author can get a cover for their book for less than $50, how can he/she pass it up. Without further ado, here's the list:
- Author Marketing Club
- CCR Book Cover Design
- Go On Write
- Kalen O'Donnell
- Littera Designs
- Phycel Designs
Thanks again to Terry Green for sharing these links with me (and now our blog readers).
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3 comments:
Thanks for posting the links!
No problem, Rob. I figured everyone could use those links.
I just worked with a guy over at Go On Write. I bought a pre-made cover for the Kindle and had it customized with my name and book title in less than 18 hours. When I publish the book in print I can get the same cover set up for that too (for a reasonable fee). Mark me down as impressed (and happy).
Great blog, I enjoyed reading it.
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