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Originally Posted by crich70
I've made up covers for some of the books I've uploaded as well. I found pictures of the author through wikipedia (public domain pics) and added a title. I think it's interesting to be able to see the author him/herself sometimes. Especially if it's an omnibus edition of the author's works. I used GIMP to make the covers.
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That's pretty much the kind of "DIY" covers I'd like to provide an alternative to
Anyway, someone nicely provided me with some web space with Drupal on it, and I'm in the process of working out the kinks of gallery managing. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that it's much more simple than I thought it was.
I also started doodling a cover for the Lovecraft antology thing, but that'll have to wait for a couple of months until I get a new PC since my current one is half fried and won't let me paint
That still leaves design so I'll try that first I guess.
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Originally Posted by sassanik
I think it should also be noted that what are great covers for paperbacks and hardbacks do not necessarily translate well into covers for ebooks.
When creating a cover I try and make sure that the title is still readable at 25% of the original cover size. As many of the covers are seen as thumbnails first, and decisions made based on those.
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That's an excellent point. At first I imagined covers that would be used in Calibre (either the library or in the cover search feature), but if they were used on a website, that would definitely mean a different design approach.
Although public domain books might imply a different context, like their visibility and appeal relying more on an author's name than a cover?