I’ve been playing around with a new cover option for Three Empty Frames, book one in my series. The current cover was designed with Create Space’s online cover creator and one of their standard templates. Well, you heard what happened with that! Here’s what the cover looks like now:
As you can probably tell, this isn’t a high-resolution image, which is part of the problem. If I want to take the cover with me to Smashwords, opening up the options of publishing the book on Nook, iBooks, etc. the image quality has to be better. So I’d love to hear what you think of this option instead:
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 
I like this néw one, looks neat and professionally done.
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Thank you! I’m hoping to get this done and published on Smashwords by the end of the month!
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Yeah, the new one shows exactly what the book is about, the three missing paintings. I think it will make a great cover…
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Oh cool! I like it too! It’s clean and uncluttered.
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I love the new one. Great job. Very clean.
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Thank you! I appreciate your feedback!
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Very nice
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Thanks!
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The new one with the three empty frames looks much better. That one gets my vote.
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Awesome! Thank you!
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The new one with the empty frames says it all. Excellent choice.
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Fabulous! Thank you!
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The new cover is wonderful! (And I’m loving book one, so far!)
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Oh awesome! I’m so glad! Thank you!
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Very dark and mysterious. I’m a fan of the new one!
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Me too! I thought the same thing!
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I think a different font for the title could give a little more impact, but this cover makes WAY more sense in relation to the title than the previous cover.
9/10 and a gold star!
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Woo hoo! Thank you!
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I agree with everyone else – I really like the new design.
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BTW – I’m currently reading and enjoying Seeing Red! 🙂
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Oh that’s so cool! Thank you!
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Awesome! Sounds like a winner, then!
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I know we shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, but the second cover makes me want to read the book. Comparatively, the first one reminds me of a 1980s “Christian Self-Help” Book [SORRY!!]
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Hey that’s why I asked! Thanks Jay!
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*whew* I must say, having grown up in Pennsylvania, I’m somewhat interested in reading your Bucks County series.
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Well, cool! Most of the places in the books are real, too!
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Huzzah!
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I really like the new one. It actually reflects the first thought that came to my mind at seeing the title. The other option that I thought of was frames of a film reel – maybe five total with three blank.
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Definitely the 3 empty frames. I do think the font(s) could be better. I am a bit obsessed with fonts, so I usually scan through all 600+ of mine every time I create a graphic of any kind. Even 2 different fonts could look good for the title… more decorative for the word ’empty’ with something simpler for ‘three’ and ‘frames’ and then lay it out beautifully.
Sorry… I start designing in my head all the time. (I made those ‘weekly perk’ coffee graphics over a month ago, yet just started posting that series!) I’m a weirdo.
Oh, and the first one looks like the covers of a bunch of Nicholas Sparks books. Too boring! 🙂
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I love it! It’s perfect. Good job. xo
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Yay! Thank you!
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I just agree with everyone else, Meg. The second cover is far better.
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Thanks, Mick! It looks like a winner!
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I like it better!
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Thanks! I just approved it for publication!
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The new one is perfect. It matches the title of the book brilliantly.
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oh, just read the previous comment that you’ve approved it already! Great!! 🙂
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Thank you! I’m very happy with it too!
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I’m loving the new cover!
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Thank you!
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New cover is excellent!
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Thanks! So much cleaner and sharper!
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