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Look Who Got A Facelift

By Robert Swartwood on February 27, 2012

While I liked the original cover to The Serial Killer’s Wife that Jeroen ten Berge designed last year, recently I’ve come to think it was much too pulpy for the overall storyline. And after having worked with Jeroen on the Man of Wax cover (not to mention The Inner Circle cover), I realized I wanted to give the book a much more mass market feel, so now here we are. The cover is already live in the US Kindle Store and the UK Kindle Store, and at the NOOK Store. The paperback is still the old cover and won’t be changed for at least another week or two, so if you’re interested in a collector’s item, hurry and pick it up. (Note: I use the phrase “collector’s item” very loosely.)

Speaking of The Serial Killer’s Wife, The LL Book Review gives their take and calls it “a fun, fast, and refreshing read.” Check out the rest of the review here.

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  • A.M. Donovan

    Like the new cover, shows her desperation.

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    Robert Swartwood Reply:
    February 27th, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    I searched long and far for just the right image, and when I saw the image of that woman’s face I knew it was perfect. Here’s hoping readers think so too … 

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  • jeroen ten berge

    In ten year’s time the ‘pulpy’ first POD edition of The Serial Killer’s Wife will be a much sought treasure… mark my words…

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    Robert Swartwood Reply:
    February 28th, 2012 at 6:49 am

    That’s why I’m ordering extra, to sell them on eBay for $1,000 a pop in ten years! 

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  • dpowell

    Nice job on both covers. I like the pulpy approach, but the update is clean and crisp–very evocative and current.

    Robert, do you ever think it might be worth it to put out a Kindle cover and then a different paperback cover? I’ve been playing with the idea, but I only sell a handful of paperbacks and it might just be a distraction.

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    Robert Swartwood Reply:
    February 28th, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    Honestly, I don’t know. My paperback sales are very minimal too, so much so that I sometimes wonder why I even bother making them available. Eventually they’ll pay for themselves (in terms of cover art and interior formatting cost), but not nearly as fast as the ebooks. Then again, they are nice to have when you do a reading, so you can hand-sell them there. After all, it’s not like any brick and mortar bookstore would ever carry them seeing as they’re printed by CreateSpace (at least mine are, not sure about yours). Overall, though, I think you’d be better of keeping them the same. 

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  • dpowell

    Daniel Powell, by the way. I need to figure out the comment sign-in!

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    Robert Swartwood Reply:
    February 28th, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    You’re the second person who’s told me they have trouble with the comment system. Here I figured most websites were switching over to Disqus because it’s easier. Maybe I need to rethink that. On the plus side, I never get any spam! :-)  

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