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What’s your most recent release?
H. K. Kiting: The Funhouse
Dean Chills: Forbidden WInter
 
Episode 15: Book Covers
We’ve talked a bunch about the act of writing itself, but we’ve never touched on one of the most important aspects of your book: The Cover. In many ways, the cover is more important than the contents of your book: it’s the first thing a prospective reader sees, and if they hate the cover, your book has zero chance of being bought.
 
What should be on an erotic book cover?

* Shirtless men and Fabio clones?
* Half-dressed women
* Faces or just bodies?

Amazon’s UNOFFICIAL rules:

* –Naked female torso including front view or sometimes side view.  Side boob inappropriate.
* –Arms or hands across breasts.
* –Naked butt.   On one occasion, upper thigh close to lower butt cheek was unacceptable.
* –No naked people in a clinch even if they aren’t “fondling”.
* –Any sexual position that implies penetration (Missionary, doggie-style, etc).
* –No naked characters straddling each other.
* –No handcuffs on wrists.  Handcuffs being held is fine.
* –No “O” faces.
* –No nudity.
* –No women on their knees in front of men (as in implied fellatio).
* –No men between women’s thighs (as in implied cunnilingus).
* –No men’s faces on breasts.

Still there is NO official list of rules other than a vague statement that their content guidelines are “About what you’d expect.”
Ways of getting a book cover made:

* Buy a premade book cover
* Hire someone to make a book cover
* Do it yourself

Doing it yourself:

* Tools (Photoshop, Pixelmator, etc.)
*  Abtract?
* Photos- Taken yourself or purchased from Stock Photographers [Jason’s Mummification]

Legal considerations:

* Model release (and especially decency clauses)
* Photo licenses and royalties. Not as simple as just buying from a stock site.

 
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