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
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.
![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.