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Congratulations! I second the comment on the quotations on the back- they are hilarious :)
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Wow! Congrats and I love that cover! Who did it for you? It's gorgeous. Your book sounds seriously so interesting. Smile Did you self-publish or traditional? I'm debating right now about which to really push for and am trying to get opinions. 

Best of luck!!! It really looks fantastic! 
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That's brilliant! Congratulations!
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Congratulations!!! 🎉 
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Fun fun fun! Congratulations!
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Originally posted by Scrib Scrib wrote:

Congratulations! I second the comment on the quotations on the back- they are hilarious :)


Thanks.  I wrote the quotes too.  Mom and Dad are gone, but it's what they would have said.  Hopefully you'll find the book as witty as the cover.
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Originally posted by sandersc sandersc wrote:

Wow! Congrats and I love that cover! Who did it for you? It's gorgeous. Your book sounds seriously so interesting. Smile Did you self-publish or traditional? I'm debating right now about which to really push for and am trying to get opinions. 

Best of luck!!! It really looks fantastic! 


I did the cover layout and text, but a talented gal from the Netherlands did the art:
https://honnojisart.wixsite.com/honnojisart
(Dig around on the internet, and you can find a lot of amazing artists willing to work cheaply.  Famke, who did my cover art, charged $450, which was based on $250 base character (the girl in foreground), but there were add-ons for the clown in BG, BG wall art, and some other changes I put in.  A friend had a guy in Malasia do a whole comic book for him for like $2000.  Yea, it's a lot of money, but you get what what you pay for...)

It's self published.  Which is great if you want it published.  But it's a whole different world in terms of SELLING the book.  I've sold very few copies (like, 20.)  The thing about traditional publishing is they have a marketing department that no authors can match.  Amazon ads seem to only be good for charging me money, not actually selling books.

Your mileage may vary.


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LOVE that cover
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