Even if we're pursuing traditional publishing, we might judge potential publishers on formatting issues just as we do
for crappy covers.
So I guess my point was more about don't sign with a publisher that always has
crappy covers and then complain about a crappy cover.
You can throw a book up with
a crappy cover and it could take off and do well.
Nothing kills your chances better than
a crappy cover.
They routinely have
crappy covers that look totally homemade by someone with no photoshop skills, their prices often are not reasonable, and it seems that they are preying on authors who want to have that level of legitimacy by saying that a «real» publisher decided to publish them.
«I won't buy a book with
a crappy cover, and I am finding I won't buy an e-book with one either.
Let's be honest,
a crappy cover makes you assume the writing is crappy.
No pricing strategy will help sell a poorly written, poorly edited book with
a crappy cover.
You spent all that time and effort writing a novel in the first place, so don't cut corners by giving
it a crappy cover.
But don't make the mistake of writing
a crappy cover letter if you are not sure about what to include in it.