For this week’s ebook promotion highlight, I’m featuring the Short Month, Short Fiction ebook fair!
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Enjoy short stories and novellas? This book fair has all sorts of choices across several genres. Don’t miss these inexpensive options!
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I hope you find a good book! 😀
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For this week’s ebook promotion highlight, I’m featuring the What Hides in the Shadows giveaway!
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Looking for danger lurking in the shadows? These books feature books with darker themes and a little more grit across a variety of genres, with a special emphasis on noir mysteries and thrillers.
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(Note: This giveaway is hosted through Book Funnel. Authors will usually ask for your email address, and in many cases, the author will collect these addresses for their newsletters.)
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I hope you find a good book. 🙂
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For this week’s ebook promotion highlight, I’m featuring the Girls Kick Ass giveaway!
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Do you enjoy books with strong female protagonists? Check out this giveaway!
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(Note: This giveaway is hosted through Book Funnel. Authors will usually ask for your email address, and in many cases, the author will collect these addresses for their newsletters.)
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I hope you find a good book. 🙂
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For this week’s ebook promotion highlight, I’m featuring the SFF Book Bonanza giveaway and the Mystery Thriller giveaway!
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Looking for a variety of Science Fiction and Fantasy reads? Check out the SFF Book Bonanza!
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Looking for books with mystery and thriller elements? Try this giveaway!
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(Note: These giveaways are hosted through Book Funnel and Instafreebie. Authors will usually ask for your email address, and in many cases, the author will collect these addresses for their newsletters.)
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I hope you find a good book. 🙂
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For this week’s book promotion highlight, I’m featuring the Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense giveaway!
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If you want something suspenseful that will keep you on the edge of your seat, check out this giveaway for a variety of ebooks with a mystery or thriller edge!
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(Note: This giveaway is hosted through Book Funnel. Authors will usually ask for your email address, and in many cases, the author will collect these addresses for their newsletters.)
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I hope you find a good book to read. 🙂
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For this week’s book promotion highlight, I’m featuring the YA Action and Adventure giveaway and the Thriller Killer giveaway!
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Looking for young adult books with action and adventure? Check out this giveaway!
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Wants books with thriller, mystery, and suspense themes? Try this giveaway!
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(Note: These giveaways are hosted through Book Funnel. Authors will usually ask for your email address, and in most cases, the author will collect these addresses for their newsletters.)
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I hope you find a good book to read. Let me know if you would like to see more of these posts. 🙂
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A cover for Barking Rain Press. For this cover, since the mystery involves the murder of a school teacher, the publisher was looking for something that would convey the theme (as cozy mysteries often do). So we chose to have the chalkboard background with a chalk-like font for the title, along with books and pencils on the desk, which would create the sense of a school setting. We also included hints of the murder weapon by having the concealed pills and the spilled coffee… obviously drank from due to the lipstick stain.
This is the final result:
Stock images from Shutterstock:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/stack-old-books-isolated-on-white-110298509Â – books
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cup-pens-pencils-isolated-74529190 – pencil cup
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/cup-coffee-spilled-on-computer-keyboard-76303951 – coffee cup
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/wooden-table-on-blank-green-board-208701988 – blackboard and table
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/lip-stain-vector-241323901 – lipstick stain
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/pill-bottle-concept-healthcare-medicine-97588814 – pill bottle
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This is a cover for Melange Books. For this cover, the author wanted something that showed a cabin in a snowy region and kept with the dark mood of the story. They had already found an image that they felt worked well, so I was able to find a similar one from the stock site we normally use in order to create the cover.
My first attempt at a proof for this cover included silhouettes of the characters, but it didn’t convey the right mood. So I went a more simple route, using the mysterious, dark purple color as the base of the cover, with a narrow focus on the cabin in question. I also changed my initial font to something a bit more bold.
This is the result:
Stock image from Dollar Photo Club:
https://www.dollarphotoclub.com/70616736 – cabin
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This is a cover for Barking Rain Press. The author had several ideas on their art form for how the cover might look, and they listed a few options for symbolism. After reading the form, I had an idea of the style I thought might work. I found the images (including the sketchy dragonflies, both the illustration and the creature referencing the book) and put together a mock-up. My initial mock-up had a different background, which included cliffs and a waterfall but didn’t really give the right feel in regards to setting. I sent another idea for the background, just the picture, along with the mock-up, and they asked to try it. This is the end result. 🙂
Stock images from Shutterstock:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=94726207
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=171422249
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This is a cover for Barking Rain Press.
You can find information about the book here: http://www.barkingrainpress.org/products/eine-kleine-murder/
Stock from Shutterstock:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-8152831/stock-photo-music-with-antiqued-finish.html?src=lb-17693636
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-70536322/stock-photo-black-ink-spill-near-red-pen-on-table.html?src=lb-17693636
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-127477826/stock-photo-conductor-s-baton-and-music-score.html?src=lb-17693636
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-114364699/stock-photo-vintage-heart-chain-locket.html?src=lb-17693636
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-58387336/stock-photo-open-bottle-of-red-ink-isolated-on-white.html?src=lb-17693636
Photoshop CS6.
For this cover, the Photoshop puppet warp tool came in extremely handy. If you want to know what I mean, take a look at the stock photos, the locket in particular. That chain was straight when I started, but I wanted it to curve around the baton, as if it were laying against a table. Yay for photoshop. Also applied various filters and did overlay for dodging and burning, and even added in the shadows on the inkwell. 🙂
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Stephanie Flint - Author and Artist 