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Why it’s best if I let my wife handle my book jacket designs

It’s difficult to say when my book jacket hobby became a sickness, but it was likely about the time I started writing books simply for the sake of creating covers for them. That’s when I knew I needed help. Again, my wife to the rescue. A professional graphic designer as well as artist, she has wrested from me the tools of my day-glow debauchery.  Read On »

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The Fishers of Paradise

Presenting March’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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The After Life

Presenting February’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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Tunnel-Vision

Presenting January’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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The Ming Storytellers

Presenting the Latest “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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Why-Leadership-Sucks

Presenting November’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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Sarah-and-Gerald

Presenting October’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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Create-iPhone-Apps-That-Rock

Presenting September’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Man oh man, when it all comes together it really works. Here the talented illustrator and designer Kyle T. Webster hits it out of the park by really capturing the fun and excitement and hypnotic attachment we have with our smartphones. Powerful graphics and a constant focus on the task of the book cover clearly set this one apart.  Read On »

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A-Fathers-Angels

Presenting August’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

Gone are the days when indie books were immediately recognizable via their crappy covers.  Read On »

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JF Giving-The-Bird

Presenting July’s “Ebook Cover Design Awards”

This cover design uses clean bright bold typography to grab the reader’s attention. The book is funny too, so the confused looking bird was used to capture that feeling. Also, since Twitter can be frustrating, I wanted the bird to show that.  Read On »

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