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Originally Posted by gmw
Exactly, Pulpmeister. I find it really quite sad that even new books by quite famous authors get relegated to stock photos (okay, so sometimes they've had a designer make a professional collage of them, but with so many it remains obvious they were originally stock).
The Penguin old style plain covers at least had a certain elegance - much more suited to an adult audience than this new travesty.
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I miss the artist rendered covers too (so do the artists...) But stock photos are HUGELY, HUGELY cheaper. Lots of us indies have the "one day..." thought.
Some artists do upload some phenomenal work to the stock photo places (MelleFrenchy did the face of the cartoon on Executive Lunch; I absolutely LOVE the dragon on Dragons of Wendal done as a vector illustration by Gurbi4--wouldn't I have loved to have had him draw the baby dragon on DragonKin!!!) I've even contacted a few artists for single, non-exclusive prices, but it's difficult for them to do that amount of work for a reasonable price. And I'm not saying I blame them. Even photographers tend to sell their work for about 80 dollars minimum to individuals and you can get stock photos for 10 or so.
But someday...