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By Derek Murphy
In Book cover critiques, book design tips
Posted February 10, 2015

How to get exactly the book cover you want (and ruin your writing career).

Several months ago I was helping an author try to make a book cover. They had something very ugly, and I made something much better. I was working mostly for free (something I’m trying to [...]

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By Derek Murphy
In book design tips
Posted January 14, 2012

Is Penguin using stock photography for cover designs?

I was a little surprised today to see the cover of Ruth Long’s book “The Treachery of Beautiful Things”. After being warned by a designer friend about using stock images [...]

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By Derek Murphy
In Uncategorized
Posted December 13, 2011

Photoshop generated 3D book covers for book promotion and marketing

I use (and recommend) Cover Action Pro to generate the awesome 3D book images you see on this site; I make them for all my clients’ finished book covers to use in book marketing and [...]

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By Derek Murphy
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Posted October 14, 2011

Which is better, a complex book cover or a simple minimalist book cover?

Book cover design is changing. Recently, especially among top book cover designers, there is almost a “minimalistic” competition to see who can do more with less. But how little is [...]

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