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a great interview on Lindsay Buroker's podcast
« on: May 25, 2020, 05:43:02 AM »
This is a great interview on Lindsay Buroker's new "6 figure author" podcast (with co-hosts Joe Lallo and Andrea Pearson).

I'd start at 14 mins in because that's where it gets really good and informative (mostly pleasantries before that).

It's an interview with professional cover designer Rebekah Haskell (author James Haskell's wife in case you know/know of him). Very good info for authors to understand the function of the cover and how to not bork it up micromanaging your designer, among lots of other good things like the visual tropes of a cover that communicate your genre, etc.

« Last Edit: May 26, 2020, 02:21:32 AM by Luke Everhart »
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Nick G

Re: a great interview on Lindsay Buroker's podcast
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2020, 10:55:04 AM »
I could imagine it would be very tough to pay (sometimes a large sum of money) for something that represents something as personal as a finished manuscript and not lose sight of what the covers #1 job is, at least a little bit. She delivers that point particularly well.
 

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Re: a great interview on Lindsay Buroker's podcast
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2020, 01:47:09 AM »
It was a great interview! I was redoing some backlist covers, and the advice was spot on.
 

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Re: a great interview on Lindsay Buroker's podcast
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2020, 11:16:36 PM »
So much this. Seriously.

I did everything wrong on the first series the first time around, including--and I'm ashamed to admit it--releasing with a homemade cover because I was SURE it had to illustrate a scene from the book. Um yeah.

I didn't make that mistake with my second series. Phew!
 
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