I'm so lucky to have good friends. My Storytellers Unlimited colleagues, Kelly McClymer and Shirley Hailstock, are just as concerned as me that my Telenia series isn't doing well. First of all, much as I love these books, my usual audience isn't as enamored, so I definitely need to target a different demographic. (Makes me sad, but it's the truth.)
They think I need to get new covers, and I agree. I'm just not sure where to go.
Shirley is pretty darn talented with Photoshop and did a mock up of the cover. (Of course, if we go with it, the sky would be green and the vegetation would be rust-colored.)
Shirley's mock-up is on the left and the original cover is on the right. What do these covers say to you? If you don't know the background of the books, what do you think is happening? (If you click on the pictures, you'll see them full size.)
I really appreciate your input. Thanks!
I am going to have to read one of these book. I have not as of yet. But I truthfully like the one on the right better. It looks like an entrance into another world. Some place magical and heavenly. I don't care for the one on the left. It tells me she landed a space ship into another world. Of course just my opinion.
Posted by: Karolyn Yoakum | April 01, 2016 at 01:46 PM
I like the one on the right, I find it more inviting. The one on the left looks like she crash-landed in the Highlands of Scotland.
Posted by: Denise | April 01, 2016 at 02:42 PM
Karolyn: Amanda CRASHED her spacecraft on another world, but that was just the beginning of her troubles. I'm not sure I'm happy with her depicted as an astronaut, either. but I've got to make some kind of change. A new blurb hasn't worked, so now I'm going to try a new cover.
Posted by: Lorraine Bartlett | April 01, 2016 at 04:41 PM
Denise: That's what my husband said, too. But he hasn't got any better ideas for a cover.
Posted by: Lorraine Bartlett | April 01, 2016 at 04:41 PM