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wryter2000

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3. there are lots of good cover designers out there

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 11:56 AM

Dec 2014

you buy permission to use an image from a place like novelstock.com and then send it to a good designer. Kim Killion (hot damn designs) is good. I use Talina Perkins of bookinit designs. The whole process costs about $200 for a front cover and add another $60 or so to get the back cover.

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Is anyone doing Kindle Scout? [View all] wryter2000 Dec 2014 OP

I've never heard of this before. geardaddy Dec 2014 #1

How do people get such professional looking covers? geardaddy Dec 2014 #2

there are lots of good cover designers out there wryter2000 Dec 2014 #3

Try 99 Designs n/t Brainstormy Dec 2014 #5

thanks! wryter2000 Dec 2014 #4

Nominated! geardaddy Dec 2014 #6

Very cool. Thanks for info. nt valerief Jan 2015 #7

I should have mentioned wryter2000 Jan 2015 #8

Congrats! I told a friend about this last night. She might submit her book, and I might valerief Jan 2015 #9

Let me know if you do wryter2000 Jan 2015 #10

Thanks. valerief Jan 2015 #11

Damn, I just learned Kindle Scout accepts more than one nomination for a book. valerief Mar 2015 #12