Book Cover Illustration & Design for “The Witch Hunter’s Amulet” written by Marco Lobo

The book cover illustration and design for this cover took much research to achieve the authentic feel of the 1500′s era of Inquistions and convey the rich cultural and spiritual tapestry that was India then and still is. Below you will see a snapshot of my drafting table with some test illustrations to warm up with as well as references. Each page of this book is a visual and sensory delight, you won’t regret reading its pages, you can get your copy at Christopher Matthews Publishing.

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How to Get a Job in Publishing That ISN’T in New York

How can you get a virtual foot in the publishing door from a thousand miles away? According to Jeremy Soldevilla: Make like an author and build a platform.

Interview of Jeremy Soldevilla by Elisabeth Watson of Publishing Trendsetter

Publishing has always been a difficult industry to land that first job in—almost as hard as it has been for a new writer to get published. But in the past few years, thanks to technology, that’s changing. A young person with skills, energy, and passion has many more opportunities than ever before to jump into the industry.

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Putting Spine in your Book Cover Design!

Book Cover Designs for our 2011 list at Christopher Matthews Publishing, designed by Armen Kojoyian

As 2011 draws to a close in our first year of publishing operations we are proud of the challenges we met for our authors and the quality of art and design produced for each title. At Christopher Matthews we don’t rely at all on cookie cutter cover creator software programs to produce your book covers. Each new manuscript we analyze and discuss in detail with our author’s to establish the key conceptual message or graphic essence that must be elucidated visually on a book cover, this attention cannot be poured out of a formatting program for book covers that unfortunately proliferate the internet world of self-publishing module’s.

Our book cover’s at CMP are created in the book making craft of the guild system, all original concepts, all original graphic creation or stock art supplied from the most reputable sources, all these components we then merge with the finest type treatments that are required, either of a classical treatment or avant garde flair. Our goal is to “Put Spine in your Book Cover Design” to achieve a creation of pure art that will translate into marketplace success for our authors.

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Christopher Matthews Publishing

I am proud to announce my new role with this leading edge internet publishing house as Vice President/Creative Director. You can follow our growth and newly released titles at the following link. Christopher Matthews Publishing.

A new kind of publisher for today’s readers and authors
Christopher Matthews Publishing is a new kind of publisher; one that addresses the new paradigms of the publishing and reading world. Our publishing program produces books for today’s readers: books that are darn good reads and are available electronically as well as in print. We seek new authors whose work is exciting and needs to be read. We also provide services for writers who are self-publishing their work. CMP books are either print on demand or e-books, eliminating wasteful printing and minimizing our energy footprint. We care about readers, writers and the environment.

We want to help new authors get published
Are you writing a book you want to see published? With over 40 years of experience in publishing both fiction and non-fiction, as well as writing our own novels, we’ve been on both sides of the publishing fence. We know what the publisher wants from an author and what you as an author want from a publisher. We are looking for quality writing by new, undiscovered and talented authors. We know first-hand how difficult it is to find a publisher or an agent who will at least give your work serious consideration. We also realize how confusing it can be to understand the business side of publishing, how hard it is to craft a cover and interior that looks professional rather than self-published.

“Reflections from the Abyss” book cover design

‘I am a writer, so admittedly being someone who could not draw a circle without instructions, a protractor and a six year old child for assistance, I was amazed at what Armen created from the synopsis of my novel. From his first conception of the cover art to its final representation is nothing short of amazing. And seeing the stages of the art makes it more so. He has captured the essence of the duality of the antagonist and protagonist,

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