I’d even wager that it almost matters more than anything else for getting new eyes on your work.ĭesigning a book cover is also the most subjective part of the process, other than writing the book itself. But when it comes to indie books, and the reader is unsure about committing to a new writer, the cover can make or break the opportunity. If it’s a famous classic or best-selling author, the cover doesn’t factor in as much due to name recognition. Not only was coming up with the cover concept difficult, but it was even more aggravating to find out the dimensions had to be altered when I was ready to publish.Įven though the adage is to not judge a book by its cover, we tend to anyway. The cover for my first book, The Weight of the World, caused me a lot of stress and led me to procrastinate the release by a few weeks.
