Tag Archives: cover design

January 28, 2013 · 7:00 am

Cover Reveal – The Lone Werewolf

This is a book cover I did for an upcoming book, The Lone Werewolf, from Melange Books. The stock images used are from Dreamstime: (http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-angry-wolf-image18076302 and http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-heritage-days-image2981113). All other images are my own. 🙂

I used Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4.0.

Cover Reveal – The Devil’s Blues

This is a wrap-around book cover I recently completed for Barking Rain Press. It’s for a mystery crime novel. It’s not yet released, but you can find out more about it here: [link]

Note: All of these images are from Shutterstock. Normally I’d use my own images, but in this case, stock images worked out best for what we wanted.

Photoshop CS6. 🙂

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June 28, 2012 · 1:24 pm

Name Change, Metadata, and Tagging

Today I got to working on a book cover for a publisher, and they asked what name I wanted to use for the credits… my maiden name, or my actual name. At which point I started wondering, what shoud I use? My maiden name has a lot more recognition, largely because I’ve been using it for four years with college. However, I eventually want to transition over to my actual name, so it’s less confusing signing e-mails and posts and the like.

Then my husband brought up a good point. Why not just tag my previous posts and photos with my new name? I checked google, and sure enough, one of my WordPress posts shows up when googling “Stephanie Flint cover design.” And thankfully, Wordpess has a lovely quick edit feature that makes adding a single tag to a bunch of posts relatively easy.

So I decided to do that. I’ll use my actual name for credits and such, though I will still continue tagging pictures and posts with Stephanie Bibb, at least for a time. Meanwhile, I intend to continue using SBibb’s Photographic Illustration and SBibb as an online name.

Ah, the joys of name change. These are other things I did to try improving the chances of changing my name going smoothly in the business world:

I added my new name to all my recent wordpress posts, where recent is related to book cover design and this past Spring. I also updated my profile on DeviantArt so it has my real name and former name, and tagged the pictures from now to spring on Flickr with my name. Then I updated my bio on Facebook, and changed my name on Smashwords. I also updated my bio there, but plan to leave the cover art as is.

I also changed my Kindle Publisher and Createspace information, which reminded me I need to get a bank account linked to it so I don’t have to worry about paying fees for checks. Which reminds me I’ll need to change my Amazon and Paypal account, as well as other online stores and services, with my new account info once my name gets changed through the bank.

I’ll still need to update the tags and metadata on my main website, SBibbphoto.com.

Graduation – Where To Go From Here

Wow, it’s been a busy week. One of the (many) reasons for this is graduation. That’s right, I can now say I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Photography, with a minor in creative writing. What does that mean? Makes it easier for me write my credentials on website. And I now have an actual album portfolio (a metal cover with leather binding and metallic pages, if you’re curious to know the details). I also have my Honor’s College Project, the “1000 Words” book.

But the real reason I wanted to bring this up was because of a few important things that I took from college. One thing is the importance of passing on knowledge. In an ideal world, education would be free, and passed on without having to pay for it. One great thing about the internet. It’s also a reason that I’m trying to keep my blog updated. I’m trying to focus on the self-publishing business and book cover design, as well as photo illustration. And I’m trying to post something useful when I do, so that there’s at least some tidbit of helpful information to pass on.

Which is why, if you have a question, feel free to ask. I may not know the answer, but if I do, or if I have ideas, I’ll try to help out. It’s why I’ve posted a list of blogs on the side of this blog that may proove useful to you. Yes, I’m trying to promote my business, but I also do want to be helpful.

Anyways, for my little note about promotion today, this is the flier I made to promote “1000 Words.” I don’t really expect it to bring much notice, but then, I didn’t write “1000 Words” to be a popular book. It started out as a portfolio to showcase my book cover designs, but hopefully it’s entertaining, too. But I included the picture in the flier, for recognition, listed where it could be found and the prices, and said a little bit about it, both genres and what it is. I tried to make it bold and readable. We’ll see if it gets noticed or not. 🙂