This series has a very original premise and this novel, in particular, has a killer that is unique. Blind from birth, the main character, kendra michaels, regained her sight at the age of twenty. Blindsighted is everything a book should be, and karin slaughter is a significant new voice in american. Comes in packs from to 4 covers, depending on size. Being a avid reader of mysterysuspense thrillers, this is the most graphic book i have read in this category. Written by karin slaughter, narrated by judith ivey. Some of the images the ones with watermarks are from stock sites and can be purchased there. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Karin slaughter born january 6, 1971 is an american crime writer. Very often i dont worry about putting a cover on the book and just bind the pages or i cover the book with plain heavy cardstock and handwrite the title. If you ask book designers to explain what makes for a great cover, however, they can tell you about how the various design elementsthe typeface, the color scheme, and the compositioncome together to create a visual metaphor for the text. The star of slaughters debut suspense thriller blindsighted, linton brings the expertise of a trained scientist to her job as pediatrician and parttime coroner in. A soft cover book binding is chosen to best suit your book.
I have read this book before, a long time ago, before goodreads had even launched. Here are ten things to keep in mind when developing a book cover for your next release. The 140 blurb for the book on amazon and on the cover is fairly full not holding much back about what the book is about. I tap the spine on the table a few times to force the book block firmly into the glue and then leave the book on on its spine until the glue dries. May 17, 2017 if you ask book designers to explain what makes for a great cover, however, they can tell you about how the various design elementsthe typeface, the color scheme, and the compositioncome together to create a visual metaphor for the text.
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest. Available in black with elegant purple alcantara lining. Blindsighted karin slaughter paperback harpercollins publishers. Detective michael bennett has a son whos in prison. The most common custom book cover material is cotton. Cover books is a new retail bookstore based in atlanta, georgia.
Karin kallmaker has been exclusively devoted to lesbian fiction since the publication of her first novel in 1989. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. If you love reading gritty suspense thrillers, you really must give karin slaughter a try. Eve is determined to reconstruct the skull and uncover the mystery of the persons identity, and when she does, the face of a beautiful woman begins. Karin slaughters first novel in the grant county series, blindsighted, was published in almost 30 languages and made the crime writers associations dagger. Her first novel, blindsighted 2001, was published in 27 languages and made the crime writers associations dagger award shortlist for best thriller debut of. As a selfpublished author, he was selling just 15 books per month. A softcover book binding is the least costly way to bind a book with a spine. Dont be surprised if you find yourself trying to catalog all those book cover trends after reading through this list, however.
Although book 2 in the series, i had no trouble reading this as a stand alone. Nothing screams amateur like a square or misshapen book cover image. My doityourself bookbinding article has turned out to be one of the most popular articles on this site. But this cover can be trusted, because the book is both light and dark, intricate and simple, a love story, and not a love story. This cover is made of real leather of high quality and is entirely hand made. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading blindsighted. Gospel book cover, resurrection online sales on holyart. Shattered mirror book description forensic sculptor eve duncan is once again thrown into a deadly game of intrigue when she receives a cryptic package containing a skull and a two sided mirror. The samsung galaxy tab s2 book cover snaps securely to the tablet to provide you with sturdy, durable protection for both the front and back of the device. How to design a best selling book cover jill blackmore evans four book cover designers weigh in on what goes into the design behind the covers of your favorite bestsellers. The novel will be adapted into a television series of the same name and it will be.
Choose from a number of genres, including art, fiction, history, and more. The seams are resistant and refined at the same time. A blind stamp blind meaning uncoloured is an image, design or lettering on an art print or book formed by creating a depression in the paper or other material. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Karin slaughters series of grant county thrillers mal warwick blog. From casual to formal and seethrough and block front covers and you can even get dicut front windows on hard. Sibyl adams, a blind chemist at the grant institute of technology, dying on a toilet seat in the ladies. A small georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner.
Apply a layer of glue to the inside spine of the cover and then set the bookblock in place. There are often image resolution requirements, file format and even multiple size requirements to consider. This book includes a material wrap cover with a cut out window on the front cover that allows you to see into the first page of the book. This cover protects and makes your evangelion more. And five seconds is all the time you have to grab a readers. Beyond the familiar distinction between hardcovers and paperbacks, there are further alternatives and additions, such as dust jackets, ringbinding, and older forms such as the nineteenthcentury paperboards and the traditional types of handbinding. The following terms relate to softcover book bindings.
The designer of a new bestsellers cover has to pay attention to typography, text placement, and color scheme, not to mention selecting the perfect background image and placing the title in the best location. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Your book cover will comply with all required specs including embedded fonts, color integration, pixel count, correct dpi and rgbcmyk selection. Our products will have you binding and finishing on demand like a publishing guru. Too often, one quick glance is all the time you get to make an impression. Specializing in the areas of food, wine, art and design, cover books aims to bring the participants and consumers of the culinary and creative communities together through the template of a neighborhood bookstore. It is the opposite of embossing which refers to a design created by raising the paper above the surrounding area. You spent countless hours working on your book, you chiseled out each word with endless patience, you wrote and rewrote every sentence until everything was perfect. Plus, the premise of lady friends, postwwii germany, and a castle on the edge of history had me from hello.
Book board superglue color paper double sided tape calendar sheets printed out book cover rubber band ring binder paper notebook binder clips. Blindsighted is everything a book should be, and karin slaughter is a. It came from my desire to have printed copies of some of the many ebooks i have collected over the years. Blindsighted by karin slaughter, is the first book in the grant county series. However, i decided to start the grant county series over, despite having read a few of them already. Theres even a staple option for tax or book reports. Slaughters first novel copies patricia cornwells bestselling formula right down to the flaws. Soft cover book binding is for paperbacks star print brokers. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class. The designer of a new bestsellers cover has to pay attention to. Our covers are all unique, professionally designed, and only ever sold once.
Make a waterproof brown paper bag book cover with nikwax. These hardcover tape binding strips, manufactured by powis parker, utilize super strip thermal adhesive technology to bind a durably bound book block between 3350 pages that will ultimately be inserted into suede or composition fastback hard cover cases to make a beautiful hardbound book. Blindsighted is everything a book should be, and karin slaughter is a significant new voice in american crime fiction. See perfect bound, notch bound, smyth sewn, saddle stitch, french flaps. And if you cant boil your book down to one central concept, youre in trouble. A book cover is any protective covering used to bind together the pages of a book. In blindsighted book one of an anticipated three featuring grant county, georgia, pediatrician and coroner dr. Any requesting should be done in my new book, book covers, the sequel. A book cover is an elevator pitchyouve got literally milliseconds to convince a potential reader. We also have a wide selection of coloring books on sale.
How to create paperback book covers for your selfpublished. Without warning, the body jerked violently, pitching forward and slamming sara onto the floor. Spine sizes range from 116 of an inch to 2, going from 15 pages all the way up to 500 sheets. Karin slaughter books are not for the faint of heart. See more ideas about blind dates, library book displays and library displays. Zaira and shark are officially a couple now, and zaira feels that life couldnt be better. Although we are still getting to experience some late summer sunshine, we are know a wet pacific northwest fall is just around the corner. The first grant county thriller grant county thrillers book 1. The book covers sleek, stylish design blends in seamlessly with the premium design of the galaxy tab s2. Available in 18 to 1 with max sheet capacities from 10 to 240. He changed his book cover design for the first book in his threepart seriesand his sales of all three books tripled. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jul 21, 2019 a softcover book binding is the least costly way to bind a book with a spine.
On the cover there is a leather icon in relief representing the resurrection scene. Remove the book and fold the wallpaper top and bottom, pushing hard with your butter knife to get sharp creases. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on etsy. Black hard covers leather bound with diecut front window. Kindle and kdp book covers made easy cover design studio. Touchwood by karin kallmaker meet your next favorite book. Blindsighted by karin slaughter is a 2015 harper publication. A couple of years ago, martin lakes book sales were dismal. It is also distinct from foil stamping, which is a depression that is filled with a thin layer of metal, usually gold. Based on this book i will certainly be reading more from ms.
Due to the custom nature of these products please contact us for pricing information, be sure to have book name as. The book cover creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. May 01, 2001 blindsighted by karin slaughter is a 2015 harper publication. But for the most part the process runs pretty smoothly. An ebook cover should look and feel like a book cover. Plus, the premise of lady friends, postwwii germany, and a. Before beginning the design get specifications for the platforms where the book will be published. See more ideas about ebook cover design, award winning books and book cover design. Stella duffy, author of beneath the blonde blindsighted is an extraordinary debut. I am erring on the side of giving the author the benefit of the doubt as it was her first book. Designing the cover for a book is a process that demands a special kind of creativity and focus. Blindside is the 12th book in the michael bennett series and is written by james patterson and james o. The top book cover designers know what needs to be done to find a suitable cover for the book and we almost always get the right cover for the book. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.
Jul 23, 2019 your cover can literally make or break your book, so here are some key book cover design tips that will ensure youre not flushing all the hard work you put into writing and editing down the drain. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Buy a cheap copy of blindsighted book by karin slaughter. This is the first book in the grant county series, which was originally published way back in 2002. Download this free icon about cover book, and discover more than 7 million professional graphic resources on freepik. The term bookcover is often used for a book cover image in. Every once in a while, we take a chance on a book cover designer that comes back with covers we just cannot use.
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The thickness of the cover and well as the text paper stock can vary. Book cover definition and meaning collins english dictionary. This cover design is a good example of trying to give too much away with the cover, and the end result just seems confusing, so im sure this author lost. Well, martin didnt just accept those sales and move on. Dec 03, 2014 30 ya books you can judge by their covers. The mayor of new york has a daughter whos missing and in danger. From the opening of the book cover edges, measure out roughly 2 inches 5. From casual to formal and seethrough and block front covers and you can even get dicut front windows on hard, soft and go green environmentally friendly folders. For now, lets take a look at how deep the rabbit hole goes.