Not exact matches
And hey, if you're
really nostalgic for the
book form, you can purchase a
beautiful vintage
book e-reader
cover, which, as the seller says, «shows you still appreciate the real thing!»
The
cover was so
beautiful and unusual that I
really wanted to sell it in my shop, so it was a relief when the
book was fantastic too.
That said, sometimes you can stand out with a
really freaking
beautiful book cover, but these are usually for literary fiction
books with mainstream publishing and a big promotion budget; they need to be designed well, and a little artsy, to appeal to the people they are supposed to appeal to.
For most popular genre fiction, indie authors attempting to go this route will fail, because it's
really difficult to create a
cover so
beautiful people want to lick it, unless you've been designing
book covers for years (and even then!)
Bookmarks with authors» names and
book covers on are neither
beautiful (unless they're
really stunning
covers) nor useful (because most people who read paper
books probably already have a lot of bookmarks).
This year I was
really impressed with Yen Press «s work on A Bride's Story which was a hardcover
book sporting a
beautiful full - colour, matte finish
cover slip.