2007 Cover Cafe Contest Open
By Jane • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Publishing NewsThe Cover Cafe 2007 contest is open for voting. There are seven categories and ten finalists per category. Go on over and vote for the best covers in 2007.
Posts Tagged ‘cover-art’
Interview with a Cover Artist: Francis Accornero, One Who Made Fabio Famous
By Jane • Jul 2nd, 2007 • Category: Interviews, MiscIf you have seen a beautiful cover on a romance book, it may very well be by Franco Accornero. For cover artists, he’s as well known amongst romance authors as Fabio and as varied of an artist as Nora Roberts. He’s the master of the stepback, whether it be beautiful ladies or eerie settings. [...]
Interview with a Cover Artist: Paul Ellis
By Jane • Jun 25th, 2007 • Category: Interviews, MiscPaul Ellis: Book Cover Artist
An Interview by Erin Aislinn
Jane’s Note: I am not one to reinvent the wheel and when Erin Aislinn graciously offered this interview with Paul Ellis, a cover artist, I thought I would be foolish not to share it.
It has come to Dear Author’s attention that the cover art that was [...]
REVIEW: Interview with a Cover Artist: April Martinez
By Jane • Jun 18th, 2007 • Category: ReviewsCovers are one of the most important sales tools a book has. Whole websites are devoted to them. More than one professional has acknowledged that covers can make or break an author. I bought Lila Dubois, Forbidden, in part because of the phenomenal cover.
April Martinez is a graphic designer who specializes in cover [...]
In Praise of the Man Titty
By Jane • May 8th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc“A book's cover is absolutely the single most important thing about the
physical object that is a book.â€? â€â€Betsy Groban, Little, Brown and
Company, Inc. (login required).
The cover of your book is the single most important promotional element. - Dick Claassen, Editor Awe-struck books.
I bought Dark Lover because of the cover, the title, and the [...]
Cover Contest Now Open
By Jane • Apr 20th, 2007 • Category: Publishing NewsThe Annual Cover Contest is now open for voting. Voting closes on May 11, 2007, so it will behoove those interested to go over and vote now.
2006 Cover Contest Open for Nominations
By Jane • Jan 8th, 2007 • Category: Publishing NewsDo you enjoy the cover contest run by readers at The Cover Cafe? Now is the time to nominate the best and the worst of 2006.
Link here.
It’s All the Same to Me: Cover Art Recycling
By Jane • Sep 21st, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, MiscI noticed on Sybil’s blog today a cover for an Avon Red book which looked strikingly similar to the cover for Sunny Chen’s Mona Lisa Awakening. Are these too similar? They are for my tastes. It’s a great cover, but I’ll always like the first one better. Is it that [...]
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