Now Available in Print

Finally, the book is now available in print:

The Ghost of Caroline Wald; A Ghost Story and Horror Novel

New Cover

After hours and hours of struggling to do it myself, I finally decided to pay a guy to redesign my book cover. Book covers these days have to be readable when shrunk down to the size of images displayed on Amazon. They have to be simple, with high contrast between the text and the background.

I found that a large percentage of book covers used white or very light letters on a dark background, or the other way round. The font is also very important, as it must be readable at small size on the computer, and not be too weak. I think this got it just right.

The artist is M. S. (Mike) Corley. Here is his blog. Take a look at some of the work he's done. He did a redesign of the Harry Potter covers that is brilliant. He's also done a Frankenstein cover that is unbelievable. The best part: he's very quick and responsive, easy to work with, and his fee is very reasonable.

Cover Design

The current cover on Amazon

I have been struggling with the cover of this book. I always thought it would be the most fun and the easiest part of the whole thing. I was wrong. While there was an element of fun in it, I found it to be nearly impossible to do. What font to use? What color? How should everything be arranged? And the cover for an ebook must be readable when shrunk down to the tiny image you see on Amazon.

The original cover. I thought the
image was good, but the font was weak

The original design I thought weak, particularly the font. I redesigned it with the sort of misty look with the faded skull in the background, but don’t think it’s interesting enough. I am about to release the book in print, and I need a very compelling cover that works for that medium, as well for electronic media.


So I decided to do some purely graphic covers, which I think work better. I like the retro look. But they 

still don’t quite do it for me. The solution? I hired a graphic designer named M. S. Corley, who is affordable and experienced in making book covers. He did a very interesting redesign of the Harry Potter covers just to see what he could do, and has a wonderful design for Frankenstein.

Variation of the idea never used. 
Bad font

The Second version

Another variation. Nice and clean
and bold

An idea never used

Now Available to Borrow on Amazon

If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can borrow

The Ghost of Caroline Wald