New Covers

The other day, in an effort to spark my creativity and to help me buckle down and get to writing, I started looking up pre-made and custom made covers from professional cover designers. Anyone who has read this blog knows that I fashioned (or tried to) my covers off of one of my favorite authors, Dick Francis (see here).

Based on the face that I've sold two or three books with the new covers without any promotion (which is two or three more than I sold of the old cover design) I feel we can chalk up my old cover design philosophy into the ole loss column.

I'm quite happy with my new cover designs, and was pleased when the artist, having read the reviews of my books, recommended a new promotional campaign as she said "Based on the reviews, it sounds like you have a decent book." Sadly, I don't think my reviews, nor her covers, inspired her to actually buy a copy for herself. I comfort myself with the thought that perhaps thriller cum mysteries aren't her milieu.

Nevertheless, the new covers are quite spectacular, and the price of the novels is still quite unbeatable (see here and here).