A picture says a thousand words: for an author, it’s more like 120,000 words. The right book cover image is crucial for attracting customers. J.K. Rowlings’ cover art for the book, the Sorcerer’s Stone (Philosopher’s Stone), uses key ingredients to entice, but NOT reveal the story. Breaking down these elements into their basic parts, we can create a list to follow when you are creating your book covers. (This list is by no means definitive; feel free to add or substitute.)
eBook Cover Design Tutorial: Typography and Fonts
When I was but a young apprentice, my wise Art Director taught me – never create “shlock”. Unfamiliar with this term, I innocently asked what it meant. SCHLOCK (Wikipedia) Schlock is an English word of Yiddish origin meaning “something cheap, shoddy, or inferior.” In other words it means you are settling for something other than […]
Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott – Graphic Design, Marketing and Promotion Expert
Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott Co-founder and author of Unruly Guides Owner OneWay Advertising and Design Area of Expertise: Graphic Design, Web Design, Internet Marketing and Promotion. Education: B.A. 1981, University of Washington, Seattle: Graphic Design Experience OneWay Advertising and Design, est. 1988 Graphic Design is the creative process of developing an image that will put you […]