It’s time for more covers for this series, which means it’s time to make a choice.
When I decided to try two different covers for this series, I expected one to be vastly more popular than the other. The problem was that I wasn’t sure which cover style that would be.
The Flatiron Five Fitness and Flatiron Five Tattoo covers have a similar design to the first suite of Carpe Diem Café covers, with a stock photograph. For those two series, though, the photo is of the couple. Here, we went with the hero alone. (It’s challenging to find stock photos of people with the right physical characteristics together in a suitable pose, which is why you see the same ones over and over again on book covers.)
These are the covers with stock photos:
And these are the illustrated covers:
Now it’s time to have the fourth and fifth book covers designed, and I’d like to just go with one style or the other.
Remember that the Flatiron Five Fitness covers are in the process of being changed to illustrated covers.
So, it’s time for you to vote.
I divided the vote by format, because you might make different choices for ebooks than print books. (Maybe not.)
Let me know what you think!
Deborah Cooke: Author 
4 responses to “Future Covers for the Carpe Diem Café Series”
You can customize the illustrated covers to what you want, and they will match the Flatiron 5 covers better if they are illustrated too.
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It’s true that it’s much easier to get the couple right with an illustration.
Also when I look at the landing pages for multi-author promos, the contemporary romance covers are overwhelmingly illustrations. I think it’s the current trend.
Thanks for your comment!
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I am definitely not fond of illustrated covers. They make the books look childish to me and it does not make me want to more about the book. I know it is a current trend, but it is not for me.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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