|
Bardeh posted:I do I was asking Popular Human, but yeah, for sure. I just can't get any traction on Amazon (then again, I never had and I missed the KU boat anyway).
|
#
¿
Aug 2, 2016 15:37
|
|
All my old stuff is wide and still makes me $500-600 a month pretty reliably. If I was still writing erotica, I'd put it all in KU for the inital term and then rotate it all out wide after 90 days. B&N in particular doesn't see the dropoff that Amazon does. I have four year old erotica shorts there that still sell month after month, year after year.
|
|
| # ¿ May 9, 2024 11:49 |
|
|
It ain't bad, city looks a tad generic, maybe needs some kind of filter to jazz it up a bit. Title font could be better.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 21, 2016 03:08
|
|
|
Honestly just quit and write about vampires loving werewolves. Not vice versa tho.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 21, 2016 03:36
|
|
|
I just use what D2D spits out.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 22, 2016 20:47
|
|
|
Long time no see, selfpub thread. I'm still making covers and I'm currently running an indiegogo campaign where I'm doing a cover a day and licensing them for use. Drop by and grab a deal: https://igg.me/at/30bookcovers  On the writerly front, would a genre short story collection be a good candidate for self publishing?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2019 20:33
|
|
|
Bardeh posted:I'm not sure if February was the best month to choose for this project (sorry, I had to. Your art is fantastic though!) Probs, but I didn't wanna wait for...March? May? I don't know what month is good.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2019 23:05
|
|
|
Bardeh posted:It's just that your project says 'I'm creating 30 covers in 30 days for the month of February' but February only has 28 days God drat it. Yeah it was planned for a different month but I was busy then.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2019 23:17
|
|
|
Pantothenate posted:I literally just finished cobbling together the gizzards of my first novel, and I like your art style, but there's nothing that fits my book (yet). However, I do have a quick question: Is the indiegogo for just the illustration, or would it include typography and spine/back cover design? Paperback design is included.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 26, 2019 03:25
|
|
|
I also have a Bookbub going today, hopefully it does slightly better. https://www.bookbub.com/books/american-nightmare-by-max-booth-iii-and-tim-marquitz?ebook_deal 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2019 15:09
|
|
|
Daric posted:Where can I find a cover design template that's trustworthy? Who hurt you
|
|
#
¿
May 17, 2019 23:52
|
|
|
I love everything but the train. Too clean. Also not that interesting visually.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 21, 2019 11:29
|
|
|
Duuk posted:
Nope.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 23, 2019 21:33
|
|
|
I'll partly disagree with freebooter here out of principle. The advice has been a staple in the self publishing world since forever and it's probably a good one in certain genres, for certain writers, for certain people. If you're trying to make sales at $0.99 and in genres like romance or thrillers, you probably want the more generic thing as possible. Emulate successful books in your niche as much as possible, to signify to your audience ''Hey this is another of those you like.'' The readers that stick to niches a lot buy and read a lot of books, so you're liable to get their money. I'm personally against this, because art and homogeneity doesn't mix in my book, but hey, if you want to make money I guess you need to do this. If you're writing other genres or niches, this advice may or may not apply. Horror for example is such a shitshow of bad covers, I doubt there's any specific signifier for the genre. Maybe some lovely CGI monster or a black cover with red text. Then again the horror top 100 is mostly small press and established writers, not very many selfpub superstars, probably because horror isn't that hot a genre. The thing is I started writing a whole bunch of stuff but realized I misread your post: You only say you want the cover to evoke '50s monster movies, but didn't say if your book is a '50s monster movie type book. In which case I end up agreeing with freebooter: If your book isn't a homage to monster movies, don't imply so on your cover. You're better off finding the closest niche it fits into and seeing what they do with their covers.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 20, 2019 15:52
|
|
|
It looks too zoomed in so to speak. Wolf and moon smaller will give it more room to breathe.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 20, 2020 23:36
|
|
|
NuclearEagleFox!!! posted:I asked this in the business thread, but I think I might get more interest here. There are goons here that edit, including me. You can try Reedsy, look for people with reviews.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 29, 2020 22:29
|
|
|
Ccs posted:Ebooks are easy! The cover artist I used wants me to do a physical version of my book because a lot of people are asking him if they can get his art in print, but messing with the set up of the paperback is super intimidating. Also I only commissioned front cover art so I'd have to make something for the spine and back cover and it would not match his quality, and he's busy with commissions for the next 1.5 years. What does the cover look like? It might be easy to expand it into the back.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 30, 2021 21:40
|
|
|
Switch romance and erotica. Milscifi above sci-fi probably.
|
|
#
¿
May 4, 2021 00:28
|
|
|
DropTheAnvil posted:Thanks everyone! I slept on it, and edited it a bit more. Are there any rules/advice on having "Comp titles" in your blurb? ((See first paragraph)) You already got some good advice and blurbs for collections aren't easy to do well, but I gotta chime in: The first part of the description for the stories is far more interesting than the second part, because you're trying not to give any spoilers while building suspense. This doesn't really work as others pointed out because saying ''consequences happen'' isn't saying much. Lean instead on atmosphere/imagery. There's no need to provide a synopsis of the stories, you just need to sell them. Also agree with previous poster about mentioning Apex Magazine. 1. Apex doesn't have a big readership to begin with and a big chunk of its readers are other writers. 2. It publishes a lot of authors so it doesn't really say much about your book besides ''It's sorta spooky dark fantasy stories.'' Just pick an author you think your readers might also like instead.
|
|
#
¿
May 18, 2021 19:01
|
|
|
newts posted:Leng, I’m enjoying (sort of?) reading about your struggles. Very informative, if daunting. What's the genre?
|
|
#
¿
May 27, 2021 16:18
|
|
|
DropTheAnvil posted:
This isn't a good cover though. What kind of a book / what genre is it?
|
|
#
¿
May 30, 2021 00:16
|
|
|
I'd make the title smaller, it's crowding the artwork. Or just move it down a bit and put the author name up top. I wouldn't let the title go higher than where the raincoat ends.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 23, 2021 14:06
|
|
|
Using Word for layout is an exercise in futility.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 11, 2021 02:29
|
|
|
Dream Weaver posted:Meanwhile I have an artist but he wants $1,000 for the cover. Let us see!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 25, 2022 19:24
|
|
|
Throw in another one for "With a budget of $1000 you can do much better."
|
|
#
¿
Jan 30, 2022 18:32
|
|
|
Bright Bart posted:The complaints were more about the binding or ink blogs. I guess it might depend on which printer they use for your book in particular? Your local printer will have a digital printing option for paperbacks and if you care about quality I'm sure they'll be happy to offer you different card stocks for a higher quality final product. You can print as little as 100 copies.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 8, 2022 22:33
|
|
|
Put the title on the chest, make byline bigger, subtitle smaller.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 18, 2023 06:04
|
|
|
Why are you stuck with Google fonts?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2023 03:25
|
|
|
leper khan posted:Burn $N getting to the top of the list. Hope you get more than $N gross revenue. At $10/per, you're netting $7/per. So you need to sell more than N/7 to make money. They're on KU, a single bot can "read" hundreds of your books and you get the pennies per page.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 28, 2023 02:35
|
|
|
Just for the record in case it's not clear from the tweets,it was pure AI, since they supplied the raw file with layers still named midjourneysoandso.png.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 21, 2023 13:28
|
|
|
Leng posted:Negative; that was the proof being faked to create WIP that deceived non artists into thinking it was comprehensive when it's was laughably not. Yeah, I've seen the .psd myself. Same "artist" also tricked another writer in a similar fashion.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 21, 2023 16:37
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 9, 2024 11:49 |
|
|
It really only is hard to tell what is AI for a layman, it's very obvious if you're an artist, in my opinion.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 21, 2023 18:01
|
|