Eye of the Raven

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Eye of the Raven

This cover’s bad enough, but it’s even worse when you compare it to the original:

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Dazrin
Dazrin
9 years ago

Looks like he went self-published after originally being traditionally published. The problem with that is you don’t get to keep the art. 🙁

DED
DED
9 years ago
Reply to  Dazrin

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.

john e. . .
9 years ago

I am just glad he didn’t go with this old fallback

Kris
Kris
9 years ago

A Steven Dunba Thrill er.

Kris
Kris
9 years ago
Reply to  Kris

Thrill er? I don’t even know ‘er! *snort*

red
red
9 years ago
Reply to  Kris

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)

L.
L.
9 years ago

He’s amputated the “R” from his own character’s name.

Adam
Adam
9 years ago

I don’t think his name is big enough on the original.

Nick
9 years ago

Good grief. Surely a trad-published author, of all people, should understand the importance of a good cover?

Carol Van Natta
9 years ago

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
Naaman Brown
9 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.