David Wisehart's Blog - Posts Tagged "thriller"
Updating my cover
I'm updating my cover for "Blood Alley." While I was pretty happy with the version I first published, I kept seeing things I wanted to change.
To begin with, the title was hard to read in a thumbnail. This is because of the darkness of the font, and the gradient at the bottom.
Also, I'm re-branding my name in terms of position, size, and font. I had a cover designer for "Blood Alley," but I did my own cover for my upcoming thriller, "Red Wedding." I want my thrillers to have a similar look, especially the author name, so that meant going back and tweaking the cover for "Blood Alley."
Also, I originally had my series title on my cover: "The Highwayman, Book 1." I've decided to remove it. I don't want to give the impression that this is an episode in a serial. "Blood Alley" is a standalone thriller with sequel potential. I don't want people to wait for book 2 before buying book 1. So the series name is gone.
In its place I've added a tag line, which I had already used in my product description. It adds some more text to the cover image, and gives some variety to the text alignment (it's not center-aligned, like the rest of the text).
So here's the new cover I came up with:
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What do you think?
David
To begin with, the title was hard to read in a thumbnail. This is because of the darkness of the font, and the gradient at the bottom.
Also, I'm re-branding my name in terms of position, size, and font. I had a cover designer for "Blood Alley," but I did my own cover for my upcoming thriller, "Red Wedding." I want my thrillers to have a similar look, especially the author name, so that meant going back and tweaking the cover for "Blood Alley."
Also, I originally had my series title on my cover: "The Highwayman, Book 1." I've decided to remove it. I don't want to give the impression that this is an episode in a serial. "Blood Alley" is a standalone thriller with sequel potential. I don't want people to wait for book 2 before buying book 1. So the series name is gone.
In its place I've added a tag line, which I had already used in my product description. It adds some more text to the cover image, and gives some variety to the text alignment (it's not center-aligned, like the rest of the text).
So here's the new cover I came up with:
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What do you think?
David
"Blood Alley" is free July 17-19
My supernatural thriller Blood Alley is free on Amazon July 17-19.
If you love fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thrillers, grab your copy today:
Blood Alley
David
If you love fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thrillers, grab your copy today:
Blood Alley
David
NEW RELEASE: "Cold Reading" on sale for 99 cents
My new mystery novel Cold Reading, regularly $2.99, is on sale now for only 99 cents.
Cold Reading
Here's what people are saying about Cold Reading:
"A great new noir series!"
~Clare Havens, author of the Bella Street mysteries
"A really great crime thriller!"
~Gerald Hornsby, author of Bleak Midwinter Tales
""A really great read! Enough twists and turns to keep me guessing."
~Kathleen Fields, Amazon reviewer
"Fun private eye novel…loads of surprises and many twists and turns…a fast weekend read."
~aweston39, Amazon reviewer
"Very good book."
~Sammye, Amazon reviewer
"A fast moving missing person case."
~Amazon reviewer
Grab your copy now:
Cold Reading
Cold Reading
Here's what people are saying about Cold Reading:
"A great new noir series!"
~Clare Havens, author of the Bella Street mysteries
"A really great crime thriller!"
~Gerald Hornsby, author of Bleak Midwinter Tales
""A really great read! Enough twists and turns to keep me guessing."
~Kathleen Fields, Amazon reviewer
"Fun private eye novel…loads of surprises and many twists and turns…a fast weekend read."
~aweston39, Amazon reviewer
"Very good book."
~Sammye, Amazon reviewer
"A fast moving missing person case."
~Amazon reviewer
Grab your copy now:
Cold Reading
