Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 6:41:52 GMT 1
The secret to book selling is not so secret anymore. The answer lies in the unspoken pact between an author and reader, which agrees a great cover equals excellent writing. “Books don't sell without covers”, Joshua Robertson Obviously the author was joking, but is everything he wrote really false? Excellent writing is certainly not beyond a great cover, otherwise we should avoid reading most of the classics, which belong to historical periods in which the covers simply covered the manuscript and were not as showy as today's ones (honestly I prefer that type of cover). Today - unfortunately, in my opinion - covers can no longer simply cover the book, but must also promote it . In 2016, 66,505 books were published in Italy, that is, 182 books per day . With numbers like this it is more than obvious that the cover, today, must be given maximum attention.
Observe the big publishers OnioIf you write genre fiction, like me, I recommend looking at English and American publishers, who publish splendid covers. Alone it is difficult for you to match them, but at least you will learn how to position the elements inside the cover (author's name, title of the book, possible brand), to use the right Special Data characters with the right sizes, to combine the colors , to use quality images, etc. Linell Jeppsen evidently made no observations when he created the cover for his Onio . Attention to the literary genre I am always convinced that a cover must recall the narrative genre to which the novel belongs. Look at these six covers: is it so difficult to associate them with your own literary genre? Guess the covers Hit the reader 182 books published every day in Italy.
This alone should make us think: who will notice my cover? Here is the question that each of us must ask ourselves before "settling" for our graphic skills. A good cover must emerge amidst the chaos. It must call to the reader, especially the reader of genre fiction. DIY covers? If you decide to self-publish, don't create horrible covers like the ones I showed in an article some time ago (and like Ms. Jeppsen's). For me this is always true: if you are a graphic designer, then create your cover yourself, otherwise ask for help from those in the profession. That he wants money, it seems clear to me, and a writer doesn't have any. What to do, then? Royalty-free photo sites You can search online for “royalty free pictures”, or rather search for “royalty free pictures for commercial use”. The so-called stock photo sites.
Observe the big publishers OnioIf you write genre fiction, like me, I recommend looking at English and American publishers, who publish splendid covers. Alone it is difficult for you to match them, but at least you will learn how to position the elements inside the cover (author's name, title of the book, possible brand), to use the right Special Data characters with the right sizes, to combine the colors , to use quality images, etc. Linell Jeppsen evidently made no observations when he created the cover for his Onio . Attention to the literary genre I am always convinced that a cover must recall the narrative genre to which the novel belongs. Look at these six covers: is it so difficult to associate them with your own literary genre? Guess the covers Hit the reader 182 books published every day in Italy.
This alone should make us think: who will notice my cover? Here is the question that each of us must ask ourselves before "settling" for our graphic skills. A good cover must emerge amidst the chaos. It must call to the reader, especially the reader of genre fiction. DIY covers? If you decide to self-publish, don't create horrible covers like the ones I showed in an article some time ago (and like Ms. Jeppsen's). For me this is always true: if you are a graphic designer, then create your cover yourself, otherwise ask for help from those in the profession. That he wants money, it seems clear to me, and a writer doesn't have any. What to do, then? Royalty-free photo sites You can search online for “royalty free pictures”, or rather search for “royalty free pictures for commercial use”. The so-called stock photo sites.