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Old 12-15-2011, 02:13 PM   #176
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks View Post
Yes, I know what you mean. It's very easy to plop a bunch of clipart with some text or drop four photos and call it a cover. But it doesn't necessarily look like a cohesive work of art. I didn't do the cover for Under Witch Aura. I'm not skilled enough to have combined those photos. It's actually four photos done by Valentino Sani. He took 3 of the 4 himself. He also did both of the original text positioning and effects (And that box everyone hates? That was my idea.)

I saw another thriller go to free yesterday:

http://www.amazon.com/Silas-A-Supern...3959037&sr=8-3

I *think* he went exclusive with it and therefor was able to set it to free and I *assume* it has no DRM and can be converted. I don't know him and haven't read it, but it was free and I've heard good things so I picked up my free copy. FWIW.
I do think overall the covers you have work. So not to worry about them (much?).

As for free from Amazon, maybe. But I'm still not sure if even free is worth it for an exclusive author. Because if I like the free book, then I'm stuck buying from Amazon if this is a series and I want to read more and I wont give them any money for eBooks. If Amazon wanted my money, they'd sell ePub I could use as is.
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