* Update: I ultimately decided to publish the collection of short stories under the alterantive title of 'How To Poison Your Husband And Get Away With It'.
To keep with the crime theme, when designing the book cover I've firstly written the title 'Crime Doesn't Pay' in the style of a ransom note. Based on this theme I've then narrowed it down to a choice of three designs, and to help me decide I've created a poll.
If anyone could spare the time to check out the three designs below and then vote for their preference I would greatly appreciate it.
The first design uses a few blood splatters...
The second design has the title imposed over the image of a man clutching onto two prison bars...
The third design has the title behind ripped leather...
Please vote for your preference below...
Bear in mind that the actual thumbnail for the book will appear a lot smaller on Amazon and other websites. For reference, this is approximately how big the thumbnails will look...
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| Approximate size of thumbnails. |
Given that most people's first sight of the cover will be a tiny thumbnail, for previous books I've therefore used the 'peacocking' technique and gone with bright colourful covers to attract attention. However, I tried some colourful designs for 'Crime Doesn't Pay' and the end effect seemed too cheerful for the theme of crime.
Finally, obviously the easiest way to make a decision regarding a book cover is to get someone else to design it for you, but unfortunately my budget doesn't allow for that!
Update: Thanks for everyone who voted! In the end I decided to go with the alternative title of 'How To Poison Your Husband And Get Away With It' for the collection of short stories. The short stories are the same, only the title is different!
'How To Poison Your Husband And Get Away With It' is now available for kindle from Amazon.
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