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I'm trying to decide if I really want to use the current cover I have for "Rosemary".
Pros: It is professionally done, it looks nice...the characterizations are just. About. There.
Cons: The model for Kristi is Differnet from the character description in the text and the cover makes it look like a romance novel...which it isn't.
Would it be better to use the following picture (or one like it, of the same model) than the current version?
Current cover
"Person who Kristi is sort of based on but not exactly but she is ALMOST like the character..."
I woulld like to think option 2 is a bit more realistic, less "romance novel-ish".
But, I'm still new at this...
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Covers
often don't do a good job of representing what's inside. They generally aren't designed to do that. They are designed to grab the readers attention enough to at least read the blurb. The first cover looks far more professional. The second eats up the cover space with a face and not one that will make readers stop and look. I'd look at the first cover every time and probably 90% of readers would do the same. Of course some folks might get the idea that it's a sequel to Rosemary's Baby so the title might be more of a problem than the cover art.
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Covers
Covers often badly represent what's in the story. A few novels from a very long series of pulp fiction magazine stories were reprinted about 40 years after they were first written. It took me a while, but I finally noticed that the cover for the fifth novel featured a scene from the sixth, while the cover for the sixth novel featured something from the fifth.
But then, generically, the covers fit the novels.
-- Daphne Xu (a page of contents)
What's the point of a picture?
I have often used pictures in my stories, but to be honest, I always use the Quick Cuts to choose what I read, so I never look at another author's pictures, until I have actually decided to start reading, by which time the picture gets scant attention. No doubt, some readers do scroll down the Home page to select their stories, and I think the existing picture is much more likely to attract readers than the second. So what if it's not accurate. No one expects it to be.
I have sometimes found as an author that choosing a picture helps me to visualise the character or scene, so it forms part of the creative process. Clearly, that is not the situation in your case.
To be honest, I wouldn't worry too much about it. You already have a picture that does the job; there seems no point in changing it to something which will not work as well.
Some of my covers
I've done my own covers. Here are a few. If you like them, I'd be glad to work with you to come up with what you want.
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Patricia
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I may take you up on the
I may take you up on the offer for MooneShadows as the current cover I have appears to have a copyright
Second cover is a real person
I will have to ask her if she
I will have to ask her if she would do a professional-or at least get in the top of her head--shot.
I wonder if
In any case
You would certainly need a better quality photo as this one is blurry.
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Re: in any case
Wouldn't photo editing by someone with experience in doing that be able to remove the blurriness?