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Covers

June 15, 2015

COVER REVEAL and GIVEAWAY: When the Stars Align by Jeanette Grey

JaneCoverscover reveal / giveaway31 Comments

  So when I was at RT, I had a nice chat with the Forever team and they asked if I’d be interested in posting a few of these that might be relevant to our readers. I thought, sure, why not? I have not read this book but the cover ... more >

September 11, 2012

Guest Post: Brave New World (What I’ve Learned About Cover Designs for Digital Publishing

JaneCovers / Letters of Opinioncover-art70 Comments

The book cover as a marketing tool interests me. Whenever there is a good blog post or a talk, I stop and pay attention. But most of the available opinion, advice, and debate I’ve come across are centered around physical publishing, when a cover is meant to fetch you from ... more >

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July 16, 2012

Monday News: Tilt Shift Photography; Changes in Romance Covers; YA Self Censorship

JaneCovers / Publishing NewsComics / cover-art / digital publishing / Intellectual Property Issues / self-published / Young-Adult26 Comments

30 Tremendous Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography – “Tilt-Shift photography is an amazing part of talent in which photographer utilizes his skills and technique of photography that develops tilt-shift lenses to beat the boundaries of strength of ground and outlook that normal lenses present” Bloggs 74 Let’s start the day out with ... more >

Never Trust a Rogue
October 21, 2010

COVERFAIL: The “Come Hither”

JaneCoverscover-art / coverfail35 Comments

I thought the title of this book perfectly matched the cover but probably not for the reasons that the publisher intended. Does this not look like the Regency version of a man in a car asking a little girl if she wants a piece of candy? In working on the ... more >

Beverly Jenkins
September 30, 2010

Cover Fail: Lacking in Originality

JaneCoversAvon / cover / coverfail19 Comments

It’s one thing to have vaguely similar art from one publishing house to another (or perhaps in some cases blatant copying of one cover by another house) but the reuse of the same cover art, the same look, perhaps even the same model with some fantastic photoshopping within the same ... more >

September 23, 2010

Cover Fail: It’s a Bad Hair Day

JaneCoversCL-Wilson / coverfail / Robin Owens23 Comments

I love CL Wilson and thoughtCrown of Crystal Flame was a grand conclusion to her epic Tairen Soul series but as a friend of mine said, “What is Bronson Pinchot doing on the cover?” I’ve never read Robin Owens but I have friends who are fans, ardent fans, of her ... more >

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