Some of the big name indie authors like JA Konrath highly recommend their cover artists. Which is great, but I don't have $500 floating around. I wish.
Some authors do it themselves with varying degrees of success. I've seen some that are downright tragic. We do judge books by their covers and it's important to have a cover that not only looks like what it is (A scifi book should LOOK like a scifi book.), but is eye catching and professional.
So instead of doing my own and ending up with a Hot Mess, I hit deviantART which is a fantastic site to find great art. I did a quick search for "urban fantasy" and found some beautiful artwork by a girl over in Belgium who has done over 300 ebook covers for both indie authors and established epub houses. She's good and she only charges $75 for an ebook cover.
Rock on, Betty Lou.
Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have an official cover for my first novel. Oh, baby!
So instead of doing my own and ending up with a Hot Mess, I hit deviantART which is a fantastic site to find great art. I did a quick search for "urban fantasy" and found some beautiful artwork by a girl over in Belgium who has done over 300 ebook covers for both indie authors and established epub houses. She's good and she only charges $75 for an ebook cover.
Rock on, Betty Lou.
Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have an official cover for my first novel. Oh, baby!
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