That happens quite a bit. It makes me scratch my head. They’ve seen their book with a professional cover. What makes them think they can throw some crap on there and think that’ll suffice.
I guess trad-published authors can be just as delusional about their cover-design skills as indie authors. Either that, or they think covers don’t matter for ebooks, ’cause it’s not something you can hold in your hand or anything.
Naaman Brown
10 years ago
[snark]That’s the ugliest bust of Pallas I ever saw.[/snark] And don’t try to tell me it’s abstract sculpture and my traditionalist mind can’t get it; wouldn’t want if it was.
This brings up an issue that might not apply here, but … sometimes there is fan demand for an out-of-print title that the author’s traditional publisher is no longer pushing. So to please those fans, some authors release self-pub’ed reprints and apparently don’t care if the covers appeal to internet-browsing book-buyers or not: the fans know the author and title. If that were the case here, fans of the Steven Dunbar thrillers might miss this Steven Dunba reprint.
![cover[1]](https://lousybookcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cover114-500x711.jpg)
Looks like he went self-published after originally being traditionally published. The problem with that is you don’t get to keep the art. 🙁
That happens quite a bit. It makes me scratch my head. They’ve seen their book with a professional cover. What makes them think they can throw some crap on there and think that’ll suffice.
I am just glad he didn’t go with this old fallback
A Steven Dunba Thrill er.
Thrill er? I don’t even know ‘er! *snort*
That “Steven Dunba T hrill er” line is spaced so bad it looks like it is even a different font from the one that is supposed to be there.
(Equal time for the good cover: EY E and R AVEN)
He’s amputated the “R” from his own character’s name.
I don’t think his name is big enough on the original.
Good grief. Surely a trad-published author, of all people, should understand the importance of a good cover?
I guess trad-published authors can be just as delusional about their cover-design skills as indie authors. Either that, or they think covers don’t matter for ebooks, ’cause it’s not something you can hold in your hand or anything.
[snark]That’s the ugliest bust of Pallas I ever saw.[/snark] And don’t try to tell me it’s abstract sculpture and my traditionalist mind can’t get it; wouldn’t want if it was.
This brings up an issue that might not apply here, but … sometimes there is fan demand for an out-of-print title that the author’s traditional publisher is no longer pushing. So to please those fans, some authors release self-pub’ed reprints and apparently don’t care if the covers appeal to internet-browsing book-buyers or not: the fans know the author and title. If that were the case here, fans of the Steven Dunbar thrillers might miss this Steven Dunba reprint.