This morning Jeremy, founder of Gospel eBooks had a guest post published on Jeff Goin’s blog.

We’re hoping it’s a help to the many self-published authors who regularly visit and submit their book on this site.

Here’s an excerpt:

As the owner of a website that promotes eBook deals, I receive a lot of self-published submissions. When I sort through these books, more than three quarters of them are rejected in the first three seconds. Why? Their book cover is poorly designed.

And if you’re a self-published author (or even a traditionally-published one), I have some bad news for you: Your book is being judged by its cover.

Want to read the rest? Click here.