Facebook Timeline Covers
All of you rolling your eyes, refusing change (like I was) suck it up and get with the program! Facebook’s new timelines are here, but are you ready?
Honestly, I never gave the timeline covers any thought. I just kept clicking the “not now” button. Then earlier this week, I had an author contact me asking if I knew where she could find an image she might be able to use for her facebook cover. I had already done her eBook cover, so I had all the files. Putting something together for her wasn’t a big deal. Then after that, I did my own. And from all that, I have decided to offer facebook cover images as part of my services.
For the time being, I will offer a Facebook timeline cover image FREE with the purchase of a eBook/book cover. That image could take parts of your book covers imagery, to promote that specific book, like this one, created with the image from my pre-made cover “The Lost Girl”:
Or a basic image containing the book(s) as an actual book and your info, like you see here:
Or just a snazzy design with your author information. It’s up to you!
If you don’t need a book cover designed right now, but do want to update your facebook timeline cover image, for a limited time I will be offering that service for $10 per image! Send me an e-mail at kklawiter@gmail.com.
And just in case you are curious, this is what I am currently using for my facebook fan page cover image:
Cover: “True & False: The Dreams, Thoughts, Life & Lies of an Aspiring Lunatic” by Steven Christians
“True & False: The Dreams, Thoughts, Life & Lies of an Aspiring Lunatic” by Steven Christians
BLURB: A copulation of short stories and poems that covers subjects ranging from hunting, to farming, to firefighting, to life in general. This book will have you laughing, crying, and thinking about the basics of life itself. This is written by a firefighter, who because of paraplegia, and with the help of God, found a way to deal with depression, as well as the struggles of day to day life, by writing poetry, and both fiction and non-fiction short stories.
ADDED 4.19.2012 The Print Cover:
Covers for M A Comley’s DI Lorne Simpkins Thriller Series
I’ve got four covers here I recently finished for author MA Comely’s DI Lorne Simpkins Thriller Series.
“Cruel Justice,” “Impeding Justice,” “Final Justice,” “Foul Justice“
BLURB: The headless body of a wealthy widow is discovered
decomposing in Chelling Forest. Then a second victim is found. Detective
Inspector Lorne Simpkins and her partner, DS Pete Childs are assigned the case.
Before they can discover the identity of the killer they must make a connection
between the two victims.
After a third murder, Lorne receives a grisly surprise. Clearly, a vicious
serial killer is on a rampage…and Lorne has become the killer’s fixation.
Lorne can’t allow her failing marriage or her new boss–a man with whom she
shares a sensuous secret–keep her from focusing on her job. She must catch the
macabre murderer, or risk becoming the next victim.
BLURB: For eight long years, Detective Inspector Lorne Simpkins has tracked the
vicious criminal known as The Unicorn. But the killer has frustrated MI6
at every turn and remained successful at Impeding Justice.
When Lorne is targeted in a trap that results in the death of her
partner, the tragedy shakes her confidence to the core. Before she
has time to recoup, her teenage daughter is kidnapped. More than Lorne’s
professional reputation rests on her bringing The Unicorn to justice
BLURB: A ruthless killer returns–and former DI Lorne Simpkins is forced to revisit her ugly past.
After suffering a breakdown and quitting the force, Lorne Simpkins
finds herself embroiled in an MI6 covert operation to hunt down her old
enemy, a sadistic and merciless criminal whose ambition is to become the
world’s richest man.
Lorne tracks the madman through France, attempting to thwart his plans and bring her long-time nemesis to Final Justice.
BLURB: Detective Inspector Lorne Simpkins is back on the force. Before she can get comfortable with her new partner, newly-promoted DS Katy Foster, the two are assigned a tragic murder case that looks like a robbery gone wrong. However, when another wealthy footballer’s family meets the same deadly fate within twenty-four hours, it is clear the crimes involve something far more sinister.
Keeping her focus on unravelling the complex case isn’t easy for Lorne when she learns news that throws her personal life into a spin—her fiancé, M16 agent Tony Warner, is involved in a dangerous covert operation in Afghanistan.
But innocent people are dying on her patch, and someone must catch the killers. Lorne can’t allow this Foul Justice to prevail.
New Art
I’ve been doing all these book covers lately, but haven’t done anything for me in a long time. With the cold weather, and well just life, I haven’t been able to get out with my camera in a LONG time. Something I hope to remedy soon with all this summer like weather. But in the mean time I started working on a photomanipulation in between cover works. Honestly, I think it started out as a pre-made cover (the dimensions are right for it lol), but I didn’t slap a title and name on it. I suppose it could be used as a cover if it suited the right book.
I always have mixed feelings about photomanipulations. For cover work, they’re fine, but as art I don’t really feel that it is “MINE”. Normally I try to use as much as my own photos as possible. Come to think of it, I think this is only the second piece I’ve done with all stock art. The first would be “Lil Red Riding Hood“. No, wait, I misspoke myself, this will be the third all stock piece. “Beyond the Falls” was all stock too. Typically, at the very LEAST I use my own backgrounds, but I do use stock models in anything with people. I just don’t have willing models to pose for me lol.
So here it is, “Wishful Thoughts”
Cover: “Before the Daisies Grow” by Micki Street
Cover done for Micki Street’s “Before the Daisies Grow: Capers of the Glamour Grans” Book One
BLURB: Toss the bloomers, get a bikini wax and slip into a thong: life begins at sixty!
When sixty-something Dotty and her two friends accept an invitation to a holiday on a west African island, they have no idea their host Lucas is a drug lord using them as cover. Nor does Dotty have any idea that her new acquaintance, the delicious Major Ramsay Milestone, has an ulterior motive, too–he’s there on a covert mission to break up Lucas’s operation.
Covert or not, Dotty finds out and quickly gets her wires crossed. Even though the Major’s making her hormones do the tango, she’s convinced he’s the bad guy. But in her harebrained attempts to “rescue” herself and her friends she makes things worse for everyone but Lucas. When she learns the truth she not only has to clean up her mess, she has to make it up to–and hopefully make out with–the Major, or be left alone with her trusty vibrator.
Pre-made Cover: “Vintage Lace”
Yep, another pre-made cover added to the list. I came across this stock image when I was looking for something else for a commissioned cover, and KNEW I had to do something with it. (If you’d like to see the original image click here) I think this one seems pretty versatile, genre wise. It’s dark enough for a thriller, yet could go as a romance too, or just a good old fashioned fiction. Not too sure on the font though, but that is easily changed.
Cover 2: “The Catcher of the Guy” by Emma Wulff
You may have noticed a previous post for the cover of the upcoming book, “The Catcher of the Guy: A Girl’s Guide to Getting the Guy” written by Emma Wulff, but there is a second cover. The book may be released with either cover, or both covers. The final decision has not been made yet. So keep your eyes peeled!
BLURB: We’ve all met a Catcher. The girl men fall over themselves to get an inch closer to, the girl who’s enigmatic charm seems effortless, the girl with the intriguing ability to capture the attention of even the most elusive of men. Annoying, isn’t she? But jealousy aside … how does she do it?
Packed with real life examples, anecdotes and case studies, this book examines the inner workings of the Catcher, unravelling the mystery behind her magnetic allure, revealing what gives her the edge over game players and highlighting why men will always choose a self esteem queen Catcher over a woman who bends over backwards for him. From the secret of her charm offensive to why a Catcher never sits around analysing whether a guy is ‘into her’ or not, this dating holy grail reveals all, setting you on the path to relationship success; the path to finding the Catcher in you.
Cover: “Perplexity on P ½” by Sharon Rose
The latest in covers, “Perplexity on P ½”, the second installment of Sharon Rose’s Parson Cove Cozy Mysteries. A cozy mystery novel brought to you by Cozy Cat Press. The novel will be available in print and eBook soon, so look for it on Amazon and Smashwords!
BLURB: “Mabel Wickles never won anything in her life. So when she found herself one of five winners in a national contest, with the grand prize an all-expense paid trip to Las Vegas, she rejoiced. However, when Mabel got back to her regular life in tiny Parson’s Cove, she expected things to return to normal.
But the excitement is just beginning for Mabel. Shortly after coming home from her trip, Mabel discovers one of her fellow prize winners dead in the local morgue. Who would want to kill this woman–Grace Hobbs–and what was she doing in Parson’s Cove? The only person in Parson’s Cove who knows anything about Grace is Mabel, and all she knows is from the brief time she spent with Grace in Las Vegas. Could Grace’s death and her unexplained presence in Mabel’s hometown spell danger for Mabel? Mabel isn’t going to just wait around to find out. She decides to investigate.
When Mabel’s detecting leads her and her lifelong buddy, Flori Flanders, to Yellow Rose, a sleepy Texas gulf port town, and a row of several homes on a small avenue located as an afterthought between P Street and Q Street, Mabel and Flori discover what true perplexity is. As they become further entrenched in this widespread mystery, these two feisty ladies are determined to solve the contest winner’s death–and find out what’s going on Avenue P½.“
Cover: “Keep on Couponin’ ” by Marjorie Wolfe
Ever wonder about the secrets behind those Extreme Couponers? Well I just redid a cover for the eBook that tells you all about it:
“Keep on Couponin’ ” by Marjorie Wolfe
BLURB: Want to learn the secrets of an extreme couponer? Would you like to save up to 75% on your entire grocery bill each month? It can be done and author Marjorie Wolfe has been practicing these methods for over a decade. Keep On Couponin’ is a step by step guide to optimizing your savings in the checkout line. You’ll learn about weekly newspaper coupons, websites that contain hard to find manufacturers coupons, coupon clipping services and mobile phone apps that will help you save money on the spot! This book will pay for itself ten-fold with just one trip to the supermarket! So what are you waiting for?
Learn how to “Keep On Couponin!”
More Pre-made Covers
There are a couple more affordable premade eBook covers added to the batch. Take a look:
