I got so tired of responding to this fallacy from defenders of bad covers that I just posted my response on one page that I can link to as the need arises: “Can You Do Better?”
Category - Admin Stuff
In response to the feedback to my post suggesting a site for commentary on indie covers BEFORE they’re published, I present to you — CoverCritics.com! Okay, there’s nothing actually there but a placeholder, but things are getting put together behind the scenes, and I’ll keep y’all informed.
And in response to several comments about the blurbs being as bad as the covers on some of these self-published books, I’ve resurrected one of my old Tumblogs, Boy, I’M Sold. Posting will be light for the near future — mostly just one post per day, until the hopper fills itself up — but there are older posts to peruse and guffaw at.
(And while I’m shoving Tumblogs at you, I’ve got another one called What I Just Listened To, which is… um… whatever album I just listened to. In case you think I’m endlessly fascinating or something.
Howdy y’all,
One thing that even the most supportive self-publisher says (or implies) of the, ahem, “service” which Lousy Book Covers provides is, “If only I had gotten all of this feedback before I published!”
With that in mind, I’ve been mulling over an crowd-critiquing site for for indie covers before they go live. Self-publishers could post what they’ve got, and we all (that’s the “crowd” part) offer critiques and suggestions.
I haven’t figured out whether to have a curated blog, with the submitted covers posted by an admin (i.e., me), or a looser-organized bulletin board system.Thoughts?
Just in time for Halloween, Space Eldritch II: The Haunted Stars, an anthology I edited and published, is available for sale! Space opera meets Lovecraftian horror in the hands of writers like New York Times bestseller Larry Correia, #1 Amazon bestseller Michaelbrent Collings, Nebula winner Eric James Stone, multiple Hugo nominee Howard Tayler, and seven more! Available as en ebook at Amazon and Smashwords; print coming soon!
As suggested, I have added a like/dislike function which shows up not only on posts but also on comments. Please use judiciously.
That’s right — in a self-serving and shameless attempt to get some more traffic for my webcomic, CheapCaffeine.net, I’ve declared today “Everyone Tell Everyone About CheapCaffeine Day!” Let your friends, family, and those random strangers who inexplicably follow you on Facebook and Twitter about the best webcomic (as far as they know) they’re not reading! I mean, where else can you get meta-humor like this?
Thanks to this BuzzFeed article which got many, but not all, of its 26 hiliariously bad book covers from right here, I discovered three more blogs (all on Tumblr) which provide the same kind of terrible goodness to all you out in Internetville:
So if you think I’m not posting fast enough (or bad enough), avail yourselves of these auxiliary resources. (Me, I can’t look at them too much, or I’ll want to poach all their posts.)
That’s right, someone else was interested in the man behind the mask. Check out my interview with Steven Savage at MuseHack.com.