Covey Cover Awards
Ξ November 20th, 2008 | → | ∇ The World of Fiction |
Got an email from someone soliciting votes for their cover in a “Most Eye-Catching Cover” public poll. So, I hopped over to The New Covey Cover Awards: http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/There was a flash slide show, then, below, the covers presented, one at a time, in a column.
I looked at them all, chose the one I thought most fulfilled the contest’s criteria, and voted, using their POLL feature.
I noted that there is a separate contest for “Most Artistic Cover,” these judged, not by popular vote, but by a team of judges — smart. Popular votes are more like popularity votes. A lot of people vote their friends, not the quality of the entry. I hate that. I think it’s despicable.
Then I got to thinking. There are a lot of independent authors who have some really cool covers that really portray “what this book’s about.” (Of course, there are some pretty bad book covers, too.) It’s said, don’t judge a book by its cover, but people do, of course, especially when they are unfamiliar with the author. The cover is the first thing they see, so it really does have to catch their eye and entice them to pick it up and at least read the back cover, right? …Enough to find out that, yes, they really want to read this book? Let’s hope so.
Now for my question: Link me your choices for the best Independent and Small Publisher book cover. And, likewise, let’s see what you think are the worst covers released by the major publishers.
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on November 20th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Most of the Coveys (or a good proportion thereof) are from small independents. Anybody can nominate their cover in. I’ve voted several times when I’ve gotten a heads-up that somebody I know personally had a cover entry.