Comments on: Book Covers: Tips and Resources http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/02/27/book-covers/ Adventures in Writing, Publishing and Book Marketing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Garrett Gibbons http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/02/27/book-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-3443 Garrett Gibbons Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:13:58 +0000 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/?p=987#comment-3443 Excellent collection of pointers and resources. Thank you for posting! Excellent collection of pointers and resources. Thank you for posting!

]]> By: Interview on Book Cover Design - Susan Wenger - by The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/02/27/book-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Interview on Book Cover Design - Susan Wenger - by The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:28:06 +0000 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/?p=987#comment-1231 [...] Continuing in the series of interviews with authors and people in the publishing industry, today we have an interview with Susan Wenger, who works for Wheatmark. Susan designs book covers and gives us some great tips below - this follows on from the previous post on Book Cover Design. [...] [...] Continuing in the series of interviews with authors and people in the publishing industry, today we have an interview with Susan Wenger, who works for Wheatmark. Susan designs book covers and gives us some great tips below – this follows on from the previous post on Book Cover Design. [...]

]]> By: Roger C. Parker http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/02/27/book-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Roger C. Parker Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:49:21 +0000 http://www.thecreativepenn.com/?p=987#comment-155 Great post on an under-served topic. Authors often are not consulted by publishers because they're "not professional designers," or "don't understand," yet it is crucial that authors be heard by trade publishers. You're research advice, above, is great. If you can locate specific covers that are good, and substantiate your opinions, you may be listed to. I always have my agent specify "right of cover approval," but, even that's not enough. Often, the cover is "delayed" until it's too late, then you get the "it may delay the book's appearance" argument, or "we'll do better next time." One of my best books, on an early presentation program, had a cover that would have been great for a book entitled, "Agricultural Reform in the Balkans, 1939-1945." An awful cover. Completely killed any possibility of sales. Morale? know what you want and fight for it...at the contract stage! BTW, in the member area at Published and Profitable, there's a great interview with Kathie Dunn and Ron Hobart from Dunn Design, book designers. Keep up the great posts and tweets! Roger Great post on an under-served topic.

Authors often are not consulted by publishers because they’re “not professional designers,” or “don’t understand,” yet it is crucial that authors be heard by trade publishers.

You’re research advice, above, is great. If you can locate specific covers that are good, and substantiate your opinions, you may be listed to.

I always have my agent specify “right of cover approval,” but, even that’s not enough. Often, the cover is “delayed” until it’s too late, then you get the “it may delay the book’s appearance” argument, or “we’ll do better next time.”

One of my best books, on an early presentation program, had a cover that would have been great for a book entitled, “Agricultural Reform in the Balkans, 1939-1945.” An awful cover. Completely killed any possibility of sales.

Morale? know what you want and fight for it…at the contract stage!

BTW, in the member area at Published and Profitable, there’s a great interview with Kathie Dunn and Ron Hobart from Dunn Design, book designers.

Keep up the great posts and tweets!
Roger

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