Judging covers

In the effort to make your book stand out from the crowd, the front cover is a priority. I don't know yet if I will be self-publishing at some point, but at least I know my design skills aren't much better than my seven year old's, and that I'd need to enlist help with it. Lousybookcovers rounds up some of the worst cover designs - a real caveat against DIY covers - and it's very funny...unless it's too close to home. There's always a lesson to be learnt from someone else's mistakes though - so go and look, and call it education!