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Old 12-14-2009, 02:59 AM   #61
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And yet another new direction before I head out the door! Don't blame me, blame Inkscape for being about 50billion times easier and more fun to use than Adobe Illustrator
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Old 12-14-2009, 04:57 AM   #62
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And yet another new direction before I head out the door! Don't blame me, blame Inkscape for being about 50billion times easier and more fun to use than Adobe Illustrator
Cute. Makes me thing of 1960's madcap movies. If that's appropriate, that's great (but I still prefer the other style... )
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Old 12-14-2009, 11:26 AM   #63
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i can't seem to get a bead on this cover at all. I keep changing my mind. It's actually been harder to do a cover for this thing than write it
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Old 12-16-2009, 02:04 AM   #64
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I like the new one because it's cute, but I also like the Santa cap cover.

The Santa cap cover made me think straight crime story (but not too graphic) and the new cover made me smile and think maybe a madcap crime story.

I guess a cover design does have an effect on the purchase when you don't know an author. You could probably put the same book out with different covers and get some interesting download numbers for each. (might be fun to try)
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Old 12-16-2009, 08:03 AM   #65
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I like the new one because it's cute, but I also like the Santa cap cover.

The Santa cap cover made me think straight crime story (but not too graphic) and the new cover made me smile and think maybe a madcap crime story.

I guess a cover design does have an effect on the purchase when you don't know an author. You could probably put the same book out with different covers and get some interesting download numbers for each. (might be fun to try)

Well I won't be promoting this one at all really (there will be personalised copies for a few people though ). It was written more to get a feel for the new Finch, and what do you know, Steinbeck (although not actually in the tale) returned and Finch has a new sidekick, a punk cartoonist / barrista/ secretary called Luka It was Luka (in the story world) who designed the Finch bird logo thingy-me-bob.

I think, overall I'm going to go with some variation of the Santa cap idea and not the cartoony one. Expect your copy befrore the 20th (along with the others I mentioned on my site. If I've left anybody out, please PM me and shout at me horribly )
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Old 12-16-2009, 03:21 PM   #66
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I think, overall I'm going to go with some variation of the Santa cap idea and not the cartoony one. Expect your copy befrore the 20th (along with the others I mentioned on my site. If I've left anybody out, please PM me and shout at me horribly )
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Old 12-17-2009, 06:59 AM   #67
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Even more new ones These are inspired by the covers of the Chandler re-issues in the uk.
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Old 12-17-2009, 07:42 AM   #68
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Even more new ones These are inspired by the covers of the Chandler re-issues in the uk.
I like these! Lots of colour and a nice retro theme ...
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Old 12-17-2009, 08:03 AM   #69
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I like these! Lots of colour and a nice retro theme ...
The retro font is called MrBass and it's based on Saul Bass's work I believe (the genius behind so many film introduction animations). I'm starting to believe that the font choice is the heart of all design when it comes to book covers.

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Old 12-17-2009, 12:48 PM   #70
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I do like nice covers and even lots of color. I know our Readers are only black and white right now, but you never know how soon it will change.
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:35 PM   #71
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MoJo. Love the cover. I'm trying to keep my clean also. I didn't own the rights to the traditionally published covers so this is really fun. How did you import your covers into a message?
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:36 PM   #72
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So sorry. I see it was MoeJoe!
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Old 12-17-2009, 02:00 PM   #73
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MoJo. Love the cover. I'm trying to keep my clean also. I didn't own the rights to the traditionally published covers so this is really fun. How did you import your covers into a message?

Hey there Rebecca,

When you're posting if you scroll down you'll see a 'manage attachments' button. Click on that and it'll allow you to put images in your posts

Oh, and welcome to MR too
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