Covermakers Chat Thread
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Easy, Ann. Easy, now, Ma'am. It's all good. Peace. I wasn’t pointing fingers at anybody.
For the record, I do appreciate all the work that goes into pulling a book together and making sure it's legal.
Friends?
Steve
For the record, I do appreciate all the work that goes into pulling a book together and making sure it's legal.
Friends?
Steve
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Availle - very creative cover on Voltaire's Letters on England! That gets away from the standard "I don't know what to do, so I'll just use the author's portrait" cover.
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Thank you Tricia, although, strictly speaking, it's still the author's portrait (on which I did some reversal magic...)
That was one of those few covers where
a) I had a flash of inspiration upon seeing the title and
b) it actually worked out.
There are so many covers where I had to do something completely different than I had wanted because I couldn't find a pd image, the images I found didn't work out, or I just couldn't pull it off...
That was one of those few covers where
a) I had a flash of inspiration upon seeing the title and
b) it actually worked out.
There are so many covers where I had to do something completely different than I had wanted because I couldn't find a pd image, the images I found didn't work out, or I just couldn't pull it off...
Cheers, Ava.
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Thank you, TriciaG for the wonderful cover for "Social Life in England":
https://librivox.org/social-life-in-england-1750-1850-by-f-j-foakes-jackson/
Very very nice!
Pam Nagami
https://librivox.org/social-life-in-england-1750-1850-by-f-j-foakes-jackson/
Very very nice!
Pam Nagami
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You're welcome! It was fun trying to find a social picture NOT set in the 1700s (tri-cornered hats and periwigs)!pnagami wrote: ↑November 15th, 2020, 9:17 pm Thank you, TriciaG for the wonderful cover for "Social Life in England":
https://librivox.org/social-life-in-england-1750-1850-by-f-j-foakes-jackson/
Very very nice!
Pam Nagami
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Love the CD label concept. Haven't seen that before!Lion24 wrote: ↑November 15th, 2020, 1:09 pm Radio boys in the secret service by J. W. Duffield https://librivox.org/radio-boys-in-the-secret-service-by-j-w-duffield/
Upload https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/radioboys.zip
Michele Fry, CC
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I sure had fun with it!msfry wrote: ↑November 16th, 2020, 7:32 amLove the CD label concept. Haven't seen that before!Lion24 wrote: ↑November 15th, 2020, 1:09 pm Radio boys in the secret service by J. W. Duffield https://librivox.org/radio-boys-in-the-secret-service-by-j-w-duffield/
Upload https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/radioboys.zip
Hi everybody, I don't know how many of you have heard of the new Zoom Discussion Thread, but I'm letting you know I'll be presenting a "Basics Of Covermaking" tutorial tomorrow at NOON, CST. It will cover the basics all cover makers follow, and a few of my own techniques. It will be for those who want to make covers, or for those just appreciative of or curious about the process. It would be wonderful to see you there. Here's the invitation:
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Sunday, November 22, Noon EST (3:00 PM GMT)
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I have just completed my solo LV audiobook, The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott, Vol 1. Proof listener and co-ordinator was Davis Craig (craigdav) who has suggested I contact you with my suggestion for a cover image. It is one of the many contemporary photographs taken by members of the 1911 polar expedition, but is one which I feel best evokes both the triumph and the despair that marked Scott's ill-fated adventure. You can view it here:
https://wildbounds.com/blogs/culture-and-pioneers/captain-robert-falcon-scott
Thanks Steve
https://wildbounds.com/blogs/culture-and-pioneers/captain-robert-falcon-scott
Thanks Steve
There are 8 photos on that page - which one do you mean? The top one?
Personally, I like photo #5, but that's the wrong expedition.
Personally, I like photo #5, but that's the wrong expedition.
Cheers, Ava.
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Sounds like a very interesting book. There are a bunch more pics here. The frozen ship, and the 4th one down showing the brave and confident explorer, could be stacked to capture both sides of the voyage.
https://www.acontinuouslean.com/2012/03/26/24995/
https://www.acontinuouslean.com/2012/03/26/24995/
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April 2024 Libriversaries!
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Short Stories 15 minutes or less at: Coffee Break Collection #39-MAGIC
NEW Essays Collection #2
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I meant the top one, but of course there are many to choose from and the main expedition photographer, Ponting, was an expert at his craft so there is lots of great stuff to choose from. I suppose I like the distance between the 'heroic' figures in the top image and the sense of depth in the picture with the desolate snow, and the lone tent, between.... but of course you are the design team so I bow to your vision on this. Thanks so much Steve
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I have volunteered to make the cover of Espectros by Henrik Ibsen (In original Swedish Gengangere, in English Ghosts-there is already a librivox version-). The narrator Epachuko has suggested to me to use for the cover the famous painting The Scream by Edvard Munch. Munch died in 1944. The reproduction I intend to use is in wikimedia commons here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edvard_Munch,_1893,_The_Scream,_oil,_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard,_91_x_73_cm,_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg
Is is stated there that
"This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925. "
Therefore it looks that it is ok.
Can I use safely this image?
I would very much appreciate views on this
Regards
Basquetteur
I have volunteered to make the cover of Espectros by Henrik Ibsen (In original Swedish Gengangere, in English Ghosts-there is already a librivox version-). The narrator Epachuko has suggested to me to use for the cover the famous painting The Scream by Edvard Munch. Munch died in 1944. The reproduction I intend to use is in wikimedia commons here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edvard_Munch,_1893,_The_Scream,_oil,_tempera_and_pastel_on_cardboard,_91_x_73_cm,_National_Gallery_of_Norway.jpg
Is is stated there that
"This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925. "
Therefore it looks that it is ok.
Can I use safely this image?
I would very much appreciate views on this
Regards
Basquetteur
Cover maker in LibriVox
My covers: https://archive.org/details/basquetteurscoversforlibrivox
My covers: https://archive.org/details/basquetteurscoversforlibrivox