Thursday, February 3, 2011

Kindle covers

While going through NICE GIRLS DON'T BITE, tweaking out the little pieces of over-writing, I find a few word choices that aren't right. Isn't it amazing/wonderful that after leaving a work alone for a while, when you come back, the "wrong" words leap out and smack you in the face? "Whoa! Did I write that? Louise would never use that term!"

I'm shooting for a Kindle launch and just got word from my potential cover designer that the four weeks I calculated for his design services may be more like eight weeks. What to do about that? Patiently wait because he's very good? Or switch over to 99designs?

2 comments:

  1. If he's good, I'd take advantage of the extra time to continue perfecting the work. I think one more month is worth the quality of a good cover. There's no need to rush, even though it's hard to wait.

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  2. That's exactly some of the reasoning I went through, but: a. an 8-week turnaround time is unreasonable. b. there are many cover designers equally good. c. posting my wants on 99designs would get me many cover designs in a 7-day period. So I wrote the original designer (who takes days and days to answer an email) and asked for a better turnaround time, saying that if it was impossible due to his schedule, I would go elsewhere. With the wave of Kindle (and others) popularity, I feel that time is of a certain essence.

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