Congratulations! This cover is a winner in the Book Goodies 2014 Book Cover Contest. The Refugee Cover Designer: Chris Voeller (http://art.chrisvoeller.com/) Comments about cover design The cover's leaf design represents a tattoo from the alien refugee in the story, and is the crest that differentiates his clan from the other clans. While the color and shape of the leaf itself won't be explained until the 2nd book in the series, it does come from a tiny, moss-like, water-based … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: The Refugee by C.A. Hartman

Machines of the Little People Cover Designer: Tirgearr Publishing Comments about cover design This cover was designed for me by my Publisher… Tirgearr Publishing. This is the first in a 3 book series and each has a robot cover which is integral to the overall story. Tirgearr came up with the cover based on the story and I couldn't be happier !! … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: Machines of the Little People by Tegon Maus

Echoes of Erebus Cover Designer: Joseph Picard Comments about cover design The main character's body is made of a nanotchnological central nervous system, and the rest built out of matter harvested from dead fish. (Only her dad, who lives in her brain, gets to call her 'fish girl', though.) The stuff hanging from her hand here are a mix of fishing tackle, and cables. The hand itself is my cousin's hand. She was good enough to model, as she happened by the house when I decided I wasn't … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: Echoes of Erebus by Joseph Picard

Watching Yute Cover Designer: Joseph Picard Comments about cover design The story takes place mostly in a desert region. A friend of mine ("Adam K") had recently come back from a long vacation that included the Sahara, and one of his photos is a major part of that many desert pictures I used to create this background. The ruins below, and the block that Cassidy is sitting on represent the ruin-littered area she's posted at. Cassidy herself is one of my anime drawings, but with the … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: Watching Yute by Joseph Picard

Lifehack Cover Designer: Joseph Picard Comments about cover design This is actually a new cover to a book that came out quite some time ago. For that matter, it had yet another cover for the first edition, but we do not speak of the first edition. The old cover was.. clean looking, but dull. Like this new one, it had the blood spear, and the title, but the background was a white tile texture. I always wanted the main character, Regan Grier on the front, but my art is more anime-based, … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: Lifehack by Joseph Picard

Children of the Eighth Day Comments about cover design I found this spectacular image on DeviantART.com. When I contacted the artist, he was enthusiastic about having it appear on a book cover. … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: Children of the Eighth Day by Don Sakers

ILLUMINOSITY (Transcender Trilogy Book 3) Cover Designer: Carrie Drazek Comments about cover design My cover designer, Carrie Drazek, did an amazing job of combining the feel of the science fiction genre with all the key elements of my book. The deep purples and blues reflect the mood of the book, while the streaming stars in the background have significant meaning for our heroine, who is a Transcender (an inter-universal traveler). The futuristic city, the heroine's distinctive green … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: ILLUMINOSITY (Transcender Trilogy Book 3) by Vicky Savage

Botanicaust Cover Designer: Tam Linsey Comments about cover design This is the second cover for Botanicaust because the first cover screamed romance. While this is a "kissing book," as all you little Fred Savages may say, the main drive is science fiction - post-apocalyptic to be precise. … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: Botanicaust by Tam Linsey

The Zoastra Affair Cover Designer: Fiona Jayde Comments about cover design I described my characters visual looks in great detail. Ariel is a humanoid alien with skin with no coloring underneath the white (Most white people have a pink or yellow undertones.) Ariel has none because she's an alien. She also has bright pink hair. Fiona did an amazing job of listening and creating a cover that matches the character … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: The Zoastra Affair by Victoria Pinder

After The Darkness: Episode One Cover Designer: Keri Knutson Comments about cover design Keri Knutson designed this cover. She used the story setting--a system of tunnels beneath a domed city as inspiration for the design. … [Read more...] about Cover Contest: After The Darkness: Episode One by SunHi Mistwalker