The cover photo, graciously shared on Flickr with Creative Commons Attribution rights by Eoin Gardiner, was taken near Maree in beautiful western Ireland, less than 15km from Ballybrit, near Galway, where much my store unfolds.” He also designed the interior layout and typography for the paperback version of An Irish Miracle. “Mike Mahan is the owner of Shelflife Creative, a professor in the School of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University, and my nephew. Rob Mahan submitted An Irish Miracle designed by Michael Mahan at Shelflife Creative. JF:A nice illustration, and I like the colors you’ve used and the wide border, but it really bothers me that you can’t read the author’s name. “This is a YA entry, and it’s a collection of the full Amadi trilogy” Katharina Gerlach submitted Amadi, the Phoenix, the Sphinx, and the Djinn designed by Katharina Gerlach and Helene Vendires. Busch submitted Across The Battlefield designed by William C. JF:Very cool, Jason, just right for this book. “This was my first book and my first original cover design” McMurray submitted A Deadly Connection designed by Jason A. The design just leaps off the page, even in the small search-results size, and keeps its humor, too. JF:A real home run, and a cover so specific to the ebook format that it’s hard to imagine it on a paperback. Also, the author Benjamin Wallace writes funny books, so it needed to look funny as well, hence the splatter on the “i”. The subject matter of twitter can be very confusing, so I wanted to communicate that with the bird. I really like to use simple typography in my cover designs. Also, since twitter can be frustrating, I wanted the bird to show that. The book is funny too, so the confused looking bird was used to capture that feeling. “This cover design uses clean bright bold typography to grab the reader’s attention. Patty Wallace submitted Giving The Bird: The Indie Author’s Guide to Twitter designed by Patty Wallace, MonkeyPAWCreative. e-Book Cover Design Award Winner for June 2012 in Nonfiction Perfectly suited to the subject matter, a real winner. Highly recommend this process for authors!” “I ran a design contest at to develop the cover art for my book. JC Leland submitted An End to the Means designed by Damon Freeman. Now, without any further ado, here are the winners of this month’s e-Book Cover Design Award.Į-Book Cover Design Award Winner for June 2012 in Fiction Please leave a comment to let me know what you think, too. I’ve added comments ( JF:) to many of the entries, but not all. This edition is for submissions during June, 2012.ġ2 covers in the Nonfiction category Award Winners and Listing

Welcome to this edition of the e-Book Cover Design Awards.

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