Choosing the cover of my first novel was hard. I had absolutely no idea what goes into designing a book cover.
The strongest reason to design a great book cover is that it functions as your most crucial marketing tool. The cover creates the first impression on its potential readers. A great cover design draws the attention of potential readers away from all those other books in the bookshop. But I did not know anything beyond that. I thought I will bring out the designer in me. But that designer had no clue. See evidence below.
When the book Mediocre But Arrogant was being launched I was toying with options for the cover. This almost became the cover photo.
Someone suggested that I put up the cover option on the blog and seek opinions. What you see here is just a few of the responses. The summary of the judgement: NO GO!!
