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But seriously, the guy who did the Kobo cover is a Dutch Master. Seriously. He designed Fiji's currency for goodness sakes! He does ad campaigns for Fortune 500 companies and sent me that cover and a cover for the first Molly book. They were "doodles he put together on his day off." Can you believe that? I immediately commissioned him to do covers for the other three Molly books. My wife balked when she found out what these would cost me (I insisted to Jasper that I pay a fair price). My argument to my wife was that I'm not splurging on anything for myself with money from book sales, and these are like works of fine art. So please let me commission them. I won. The cover for the second Molly book is almost done, and it looks spectacular. I can't wait to see what he does with the rest. |
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For myself, covers are giving me the the first impression of the book (obviously), which is very important, especially when the author is new to me. I am looking forward to see the new ones. I am curious how the new covers will influence your sale numbers; maybe you can report about that on your homepage. |
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Thanks, Alan.
I was aware of them, I meant the new covers for the whole Molly series. Comparing the current and the new cover for the first "Molly Fyde" book, people will have a different expectation of the book. It's definitly better! |
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I've seen the Random House cover for the UK hardback coming out in January, and it is amazing. Not in the hand-painted and detailed style of Jasper's covers, but a really iconic-looking and timeless design. I can't wait until I have permission to show it off. As for the rest of the Molly covers, I have this mock-up Jasper sent for book two. I haven't shown this anywhere else, though I may use it for my Kobo and iBook versions until the final art comes my way. I think it's breathtaking. |
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It is very nice even if that is the final cover.
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That's what I said! When he told me "mock-up," I thought he meant a sketch. He actually sent two files that look this good, both drawn from scratch. It would take me 20 years to make this one file. I think he can do this in an afternoon.
The guy is classically trained. A literal "masterclass" artist. And he does my book covers on the side. I swear, I'm a bigger fan of this guy's art than he can possibly be of my writing. |
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On a related note, there's a mobileread rule about the size of an attacked graphic. I don't remember what is the limit, but yours is pretty large [just looked it up it's 600x600]. Be aware that alternatively you can upload a graphic then display it like so, and then, when it receives a mouse-click, it'll get displayed full-size. Last edited by alansplace; 07-29-2012 at 08:21 PM. Reason: add a thought |
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Hey, how'd you do that? I'll edit my post.
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Or you can just attach the image.
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