I like the cover to SPIDER STAR, and I like my cover for STAR DRAGON as well. A lot of authors fret over their covers and pray to the gods of such matters. A great cover can increase sales. A bad cover can decrease sales. And an awful cover can be ridiculed forever. There are some websites that immortalize such bad covers:
CRACKED.com - The Best (Worst) Fantasy & Science Fiction Book Covers
Cover Cafe's Worst Romance Covers of 2005
Comic Coverage's worst comic book covers. (You have to check out The Rifleman cover most of the way down. It's unbelievable.)
And my favorite collection online: http://punkrockpenguin.net/waste/amuse/badcovers/index2.html. There are seven pages here and I start you on page 2, my favorite of favorites. In particular check out the Trixie Belden cover on the bottom left. And the cover of SATAN BURGER may not be safe for work, so be careful.
Posted by Mike at September 7, 2007 12:38 AM | TrackBack