Thanks to Wendy at Fabulosity Reads for this great question: Are Book Covers that Important? My answer to this question might surprise you… Nowadays, if you’re an Indie author, I don’t think they are that important. Wait! Wait! Don’t leave! Hear me out. Yes, it’s important that you have a professional cover, that it not look as though you cut out images from a magazine and pasted them on a page with ‘comic sans’ font. But let’s face it … if you’re here, you are a reader who probably buys the majority of your books online or an Indie author who publishes your books online. The days of looking beautiful on the front table at Barnes & Noble are nonexistent for most of us, so that’s not what’s going to sell your book. And isn't that what a great cover is supposed to do? Look at the top twenty bestsellers on Amazon. What do you see? Yes, there are a few newbies, but the majority of authors, who hold those precious spots for more than a week or so at a tim...