{"id":1745,"date":"2014-12-03T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T17:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annaabner.com\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T18:52:44","slug":"something-an-author-never-wants-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annaabner.com\/?p=1745","title":{"rendered":"Something An Author Never Wants To See"},"content":{"rendered":"
Or, What Happens When You Use Stock Photos For Your Cover<\/h5>\n

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During my recent book tour for Spell of Vanishing<\/em><\/a> a reader pointed out the male model on the cover of Spell of Summoning<\/em><\/a> is the same as on the cover of HP Mallory’s Sinjin<\/em><\/a>. And then during the same tour I found an almost identical cover for Vanessa Waltz’s High Stakes<\/em><\/a> as the Spell of Vanishing<\/em><\/a> cover I paid a designer to put together for me.<\/p>\n

Insert forehead smack.<\/p>\n

But what’s an indie author to do? I can’t afford to photograph my own models or hire artists to create covers from scratch, so I have to use stock photos. Just like almost every other indie author. I suppose, with only a few stock photo sites, it’s inevitable that two authors will choose the same model or graphics. But it still stings when I see it happen.<\/p>\n

Are you feeling my pain? lol<\/p>\n

<3 Anna<\/p>\n

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