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Effective Book Cover Design

If you’re not sure how to design an effective book cover, or just need a little inspiration, take a look at 30 Novels With Covers Designs So Good… How Could You Resist?, an article posted over at Flashlight Worthy Books.

As illustrated by the three examples shown below, some of the covers are quite simple, yet very provocative.  While you wouldn’t want to merely mimic any of the designs on display in the list, they provide excellent fodder for brainstorming your own, equally effective designs.

Everyone's Pretty by Lydia Millet

The Noodle Maker by Ma Jian & Flora DrewThe Last Jew by Yoram Kaniuk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Along those same lines, take a look at the cover designs for bestsellers in your book’s genre on Amazon.   Very often, you can discern a pattern of cover design style readers have come to expect for your type of book.

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April L. Hamilton is the founder and Editor in Chief of Publetariat, in addition to being an author, blogger, founder and Editor in Chief of Digital Media Mom (dmediamom.com) and Editor in Chief of Kindle Fire on Kindle Nation Daily (fire.kindlenationdaily.com).

February 17, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
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2 Comments

  1. Comment by Anonymous:
    Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at 7:40 pm | 

    Just stopping by from Flashlight Worthy HQ to say every little bit helps so thanks for the mention. Keep up the great writing.

    Peter Steinberg
    http://www.FlashlightWorthyBooks.com
    Recommending books so good, they’ll keep you up past your bedtime. ;)

  2. Comment by Publetariat:
    Friday, February 20th 2009 at 3:53 pm | 

    Just got a tweet about this one today:

    The Book Cover Archive

    Check it out for more inspiration!