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Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by AlbertCory on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @12:46PM (#38857069)
I've advertised on Reedsy and gotten an excellent illustrator. It costs. You can query "Albert Cory" on Amazon and judge for yourself.

All the designs I got on 99Designs were crap.

Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by Taylor_OD on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @04:04PM (#38859897)
Inventing the Future is you?

Yeah these are right on the cusp. Maybe I'm too discerning here. The font seems to blend into the background a bit more than one would expect and, "a novel" is way more faded than you would ever see in trad publishing.

But tbh most people might not even notice that. I don't really know. It's hard to put a finger on exactly what stand out sometimes.

Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by AlbertCory on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @04:51PM (#38860399)
that's me.

Trad publishers use offset printing, I believe. I'm not enough of an expert to know what effect that has. In self-publishing, you just provide a PDF.

Re:Writing Books Remains a Tough Way to Make a Living (2022) by leephillips on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @03:11PM (#38859159)
They look good to me.