From Ouch! To Ahhh…The New Mom’s Guide To Sex After Baby won first place in The Book Designer’s August ebook cover design awards for August. I was thrilled, especially after I looked at all the fabulous covers that were submitted. Here is what the book designer, Joel Friedlander, says about From Ouch! To Ahhh…‘s design:
The true winner of this award is Alisha, the designer I worked with at Damonza, a fabulous book design studio based out of South Africa. Benjamin, Damonza’s formatter, formatted my ebook, too.
At first, I tried to design my own, but after looking at endless online images I still hadn’t found anything I liked. So next, I trolled the internet for book cover designers. I found dozens of websites, looked at hundreds of portfolio covers, but only one stood out. It was Damonza’s designs. Ironically, I found Damonza by scouring previous months’ contests of the one From Ouch! To Ahh… just won, from thebookdesigner.com.
It still took time. Damonza asks for examples of covers you like, along with detailed information about your book. After weeks of back and forth, and over a dozen drafts later, we arrived at the final cover. It’s amazing how every tiny detail matters in an ebook cover, especially since it is the first thing readers see of your book— it is what draws them in yet they will likely only see it thumbprint size. So, it has to be stellar.
I love my cover. It is soft, and gentle, and reassuring. I think the type is fabulous. If you are a writer thinking about your cover, I highly recommend investing in a professional cover. If you outsource anything, this is where you should put your money.
I also can’t wait to see the cover when my book is available in print.
The cover looks great. Congratulations to both the cover designer and you. It looks like it was a truly collaborative effort!
That’s so awesome! Congratulations!
Thanks!