Support for Indie Authors discussion

I’m including the blurb so you’ll know what this book is about. If you have thoughts about it, feel free to share them, but mostly what I’m working on now is the cover.

The blurb: Emma is a nerdy graduate student who likes to imagine herself a secret hero in the long tradition of nerdy secret heroes—making the world a better place. Not only does she try to do this in the usual ways, through assorted action groups, but she helps ex-spouses who were treated unfairly in the divorce by burgling their former spouses. Then through one of these burglaries, she comes into possession of a laptop that brings her into the world of political intrigue, including scary thugs and a kidnapping. It also brings her into the high-rise condo of a sexy lawyer who seems to see the secret hero in her. Or is he only using her for his own political gain?
 

Do you prefer one over the other? Or are they both screwy? Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

I prefer the one on the right. Feels a little bit punchier. Or maybe it's just the extra male torso.

Jane wrote: "I prefer the one on the right. Feels a little bit punchier. Or maybe it's just the extra male torso."

agreed. the more man, the better.

@Miss Winifred: First off *waves happily* Hiii!

I'm with the others. More man is definitely better. Not just cuz there's more of him but you can never go wrong with a little treasure trail... *smirks*

Although (and now I'm getting nitpicky haha!) I prefer when the 'y' in 'Burglary' doesn't make contact with the edge of his shirt. Same goes for the cookies and laptop touching his arm.

Just my free cents ^_^

Hugs,
Ann

I vote for the right one too.

I prefer the one on the right as well, but I also think that you should find a way to make your name more legible. Perhaps just by darkening the drop shadow on your last name when it's over his hand? It blends in with his skin a bit too much otherwise.

Also, nitpicky personal preference here, I would make all the font for "Burglarly on the Side" larger and I might put "side" into all caps to make it easier to read even though it's reading top to bottom. Might just be me, also might look terrible once you try it, but in my head it looks good. ;-)

I'd solidly say the one on the right. Although the lettering at the bottom is a bit hard to see with both.

The one on the right because the traces of the tie just don't work, but I might experiment with shifting the "Burglary" and "Side" a little to the left so the right hand straight line of the "y" is not confused with the edge of the shirt.

That is a great looking cover. I'm with Annie on this one. I like the one on the right, but also don't want the cookies, laptop, and words touching or his shirt. Words in a different color? Title in black, your name in white? Though the red does look good.

Like the blurb! Want to read the book! ; )

Thanks, everyone. Never thought about how the tie hides the "treasure trail." (That's what you call it, huh?) It's been easy to move the title and cookies and laptop a little to the left so they don't touch the edge of the shirt or the guy in his larger version, but I'm still playing with the fonts. Virginia, your idea of all caps for Side does seem to work, although maybe not in that font. I'll post a revised version once I have one.

Good luck Winifred! Congratulations on getting this far. I look forward to seeing your revised cover and reading your story.

I agree on the right cover being better. But I don't love the font for the authors name.