Whaddaya Think?

I've been teaching other folks how to publish their own books for a long time. As the technology and sales structures have changed book publishing, I've marveled again and again at how the circle of publishing—which once belonged exclusively to writers—has now come full circle so that writers are, if they want to be, in charge again.

In fact, the name of my publishing company is Full Circle Press LLC in honor of this phenomenon.

Over the years, I've lectured many times on this subject and have long wanted a book for my classes. So last spring, I started writing A HANDS-ON GUIDE TO BOOK PUBLISHING FOR EVERYONE.

Now I'm also a graphic designer which means I can and do create my own book covers and book interiors. I've been fooling with the cover of this book for months now but have never been quite happy with it.

I like the little guy holding the books and the books themselves but I wasn't happy with the rest of the cover. But inspiration struck while I was moving my fabric stash around the other day as I looked for something to bind my sister's quilt.

This fabric just screamed "background" to me so I scanned a piece of it and voilá, here's a new version of the cover that pleases me.

And one of the cool things about doing your own books is that you don't have to please anyone but yourself—at least on a certain level.

So, whaddaya think?