Comments on: Book Covers 101: Updating Your Cover

By: Melinda VanLone

Melinda VanLone — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:05:24 +0000

In reply to Julie Glover. My pleasure :-)

By: Melinda VanLone

Melinda VanLone — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:05:09 +0000

In reply to JL Nich, SF/F Author. It's an excellent suggestion, though I don't feel I'm the right one to cover the topic. I only have the one name at the moment, though I've tinkered with the idea of starting a pen name so I can branch out in a different genre. I'd be fascinated to hear how some are handling such a life, because it seems pretty overwhelming to me! Thanks so much for sharing the article! :-)

By: JL Nich, SF/F Author

JL Nich, SF/F Author — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:35:59 +0000

In reply to Jenny Hansen. All's good. Great article Melinda. I shared the heck out of it. A possible suggestion might be an article on maintaining multiple author profiles and how to handle social media? Just a suggestion. I write SF/F under one profile and Romance under another. I have 2+FB profiles and 2 Twitter, and 2 websites. I know its not recommended but I really wanted to separate those two genres of my work. Plus there are tools to combine posting on twitter with FB and vicey versa.

By: Melinda VanLone

Melinda VanLone — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:32:37 +0000

In reply to Merissa Racine. If it were me I'd do them together so they were cohesive unit. I'd live with what you have for now, and just know you'll be rebranding it when book 2 is done. I didn't rebrand my covers until I'd launched book 5. A new cover, no matter the reason, is a great thing to celebrate with readers anytime.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 05:08:17 +0000

In reply to JL Nich, SF/F Author. Thank you so much for leaving this comment! I didn't realize that the share buttons had been turned off. Bless you!

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:14:23 +0000

I need this push! Thank you.

By: JL Nich, SF/F Author

JL Nich, SF/F Author — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:47:39 +0000

I cannot see a way to share this article. Or forward it.

By: Merissa Racine

Merissa Racine — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:15:36 +0000

I do like your new cover. I was never happy with the cover of my book. I had issues with the designer and I feel like I settled even though I had several people tell me they liked it. I'm going to change it but I can't decide if I should do that now or wait until I'm close to finishing my second book (which is a ways off). Thanks for your article!

By: Melinda VanLone

Melinda VanLone — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:38:17 +0000

In reply to dholcomb1. I agree...if you've been able to get rights back from a publisher, the covers definitely need to change. Not only to refresh them, but to separate them from the previous edition. It's a whole new product!

By: dholcomb1

dholcomb1 — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:45:14 +0000

I have my rights on some of my previously published works, so I would need new covers to freshen them up.

denise