They are photomanipulation covers, meaning a photoshoot took place and then the images of the model were heavily processed in photoshop. We needed to make our own, and whatever we made had to be instantly recognizable as a Kate story.Īll of these covers have a specific look. We needed the cover quickly, so attempting to commission an artist, especially over the busy holiday season, would’ve been difficult.
When we decided to do the first Kate novella, we just kind of puttered around and then it was finished. There are 3 common elements to all these covers: a girl, a sword, and a lion. Then the anthologies were split into eSpecials. They used to be part of an anthology, for which the publisher had commissioned a cover. You can see this cost factor in action on some of our older Ace novellas. Novellas are cheaper, they earn less than a full release, and therefore, cover cost becomes a larger percentage of the budget. We are much more likely to invest in art on a longer work or an anthology than on a short story or a novella. Good covers are expensive, because artists deserve to be fairly compensated for their work. The primary factors in whether I make the cover or we hire an artist are cost, availability, and branding. What determines whether you use one of your cover artists and whether Ilona crafts it? What creative process and tools does Ilona use when she creates the cover? What process do you like best (cover artist who uses live models, cover artist who uses database images, creating your own, etc.)? I’d love to hear about HA’s cover design process.
I pulled the trigger on a more pricy conical grinder which should be great for drip coffee and will report on the results. Happy Monday! Thank you for all of your coffee grinder suggestions.
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