tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post1102139287362349865..comments2024-03-17T02:12:53.713-05:00Comments on POD People: Thoughts on The Craft -- c.anne.gardnerveingloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-54499450544086905852010-11-05T07:45:24.910-05:002010-11-05T07:45:24.910-05:00I love your new cover Shannon. It was worth the mo...I love your new cover Shannon. It was worth the money it's so unique.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-40518897659882517132010-11-05T06:48:26.852-05:002010-11-05T06:48:26.852-05:00I use dreamstime.com for stock photos. You have to...I use dreamstime.com for stock photos. You have to purchase a bundle of credits to use toward photos, but they accept Paypal and are quite affordable. <br /><br />For Stealing Wishes, I bought a program called Book Cover Pro. (http://bookcoverpro.com/) It was worth every penny and I made back my money by designing covers for a few other authors. Two of the photos on SW's cover are my own and the third is a stock photo.<br /><br />For my latest book (Are You Sitting Down?), I actually bought the rights to a photo taken by an artist and photographer I found online. We drew up a contract together that both of us liked and agreed to. Again, it carried a hefty sum but in my eyes, my book's cover couldn't be more perfect. I had spent over a year designing it myself and was never satisfied with the results. A Google search for a few key words earlier this year led me to the photo I'm using.Shannon Yarbroughhttp://www.shannonyarbrough.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-71620433470189665322010-11-04T08:09:19.660-05:002010-11-04T08:09:19.660-05:00I always loved your cover, Kel. I like the new one...I always loved your cover, Kel. I like the new one too, but I always loved that pic of the orchard. <br /><br />I used to use Photoshop, but my old program wouldn't load on vista, so I use Microsoft's version of it which is called Digital Image Pro. Works the same for the most part. I just have to distill to PDF a little differently.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-19365688651610115232010-11-04T07:16:55.702-05:002010-11-04T07:16:55.702-05:00I usually use Free Stock Xchng when I need picture...I usually use Free Stock Xchng when I need pictures for my book trailers. They've got some cover fodder there as well.<br /><br />http://www.sxc.hu/<br /><br />But for the original cover for Waiting For Spring, I used two of my own photos. I layered them with my Print Master Gold program, which is very inexpensive (around $20).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com