Covers 101



• Look that the covers are simple and have some sort of relation between the title and the picture. The reader can have an idea of what they're in store for. If you do this, then youcan be sure that you didn't mislead them. Unlike the Twilight series, they're simple, but the pictures don't necessarily have a stable connection with the title. 
• They're not bombarded crowded with pictures or celebs. They're simple and sweet, to the point. In other words, the simpler is somehow better.
•  When you're looking for your picture, try your hardest to find one that doesn't have a watermark, that sometimes can ruin the cover a bit. If you can't, then no take there, but if you have the skills to remove them, go for it. 
• Use legible fonts and colors. There's no point in using a really strange font or a really strong color (depending on the circumstances). Don't shun the browser away, draw them closer, with your font and color, as well as the title and photo.​
• Ok, very important. We repeat, 'NO LONG TITLES'! Most of the time, titles can be long and some of them have nothing to do with the story. Unless your book someday becomes famous and can be abbreviated, stick to short titles. An example, Fifty Shades of Grey. No one says the whole name, everyone just says, 'Fifty (50) Shades'. ​
• If you somehow just can't simply reduce your title to at least one word, make your title 3 words maxiumum, 4 pushing it. A nice trick, use synonyms. Get a key word from your title, or find ONE word that best describes your story, (either use the one word) or find a nice synonym you think could work best. The shorter, the better the reader will remember it.