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The Mysteries of Covers

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Jill Zeller

I do my own covers. Although I am recognizing to my ego’s distress, a certain lack of skill in this matter and have been looking at professional cover designers, it got me thinking—always risky when I am tasked with producing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Art, Book Design, Books and Reading, creativity, Genres, History | Tagged classic covers, cover art, genre, Jill Zeller, Music, reading

Pearls of Fire, Dreams of Steel – A Journey into Print

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Deborah J. Ross

I am what’s called a slow adopter of technology. I’m not the draggiest of the late-comers, but I am a far cry from the cadre of those eager to try out all things shiny and new, especially electronic gadgets. I … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book View Cafe, Book View Cafe publications, fantasy, New Releases, Publishing

Coed Demon Sluts: cover reveal #5

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Jennifer Stevenson

Omigod, you guys, I am so thrilled with this sketch for the cover of the final Coed Demon Slut novel that I have to share! My cover guy, Mark Collins of Mark C. Collins Illustrator, normally illustrates kid’s books, but he … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book View Cafe, Characters, fantasy, Feminism, Humor, Series | Tagged coed demon sluts

Alma’s Bookshelf: River (and other anthologies)

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Alma Alexander

I’ve put together a bunch of collections of my shorter fiction over the years, into entities I called the “Triads” – three thematically connected stories per book. Several of them still lurk on Amazon these days. I combined a bunch … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Inspiration | Tagged Alma Alexander, Alma's Bookshelf, anthologies, River, short stories, Weight of Worlds

Cover Reveal: The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall

Posted on February 4, 2016 by News Editor

Today’s cover reveal is … The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall by Chris Dolley. Book View Café is thrilled to announce that Chris Dolley’s new Reeves & Worcester novel will be published on February 9th in both trade paperback and digital … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book View Cafe publications, detective fiction, Humor, New Releases, satire, steampunk

Building a Book Cover: Realms of Darkover

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Dave Smeds

From time to time, people have asked me what steps I go through to build a book cover, so here’s a little show-and-tell. Other artists and designers have their own methods. This example is typical of the way I’m doing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Publishing | Tagged cover design, Darkover, swordsmen

Found a Cover Artist!

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Jennifer Stevenson

My heroine is lush, rowdy, good-humored, a little bit slutty, and frankly size eighteen. I wanted cartoons that said something not-quite “Hey sailor!” Maybe not that far. Maybe just, “Where’s the party?”

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Posted in Book Design, creativity, Publishing, Writers on Writing, Writing life | Tagged cover, cover art, Elance, hinky chicago, illustrator

Covers: Trends in Cover Design

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Pati Nagle

Trends in book cover design can be looked at on at least two major levels: traditional trends (which I’ll call genre signals) and current trends, which are much more ephemeral. Genre signals have been used for decades to tell the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design | Tagged book covers, cover design, Genres

What Makes a Book Cover Great?

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Pati Nagle

The short answer: it’s entirely a matter of opinion. I was inspired to write on this subject by an article I spotted today whilst on my daily social media cruise: “The Best Book Covers of 2014” by Nicholas Blechman, in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design | Tagged book covers, covers

Knowing a Book by its Cover

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Ursula K. Le Guin

Knowing a Book by its Cover by Ursula K. Le Guin This is the front cover of a new translation of one of my books. I want to report as truthfully as I can my first response to it: I … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Writers on Writing | Tagged cover art, Finnish, Four Ways to Forgiveness, POC, Ursula K. Le Guin

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