Does having a more seductive book cover make more view and in turn more reads? Is it an effective strat?

[ScarletWeeb]

Yes, it does help. Having more people click on your story is better. If you're usually getting let's say seven clicks a day and a new cover gets you sixty, of course you should switch to the new cover. You need people to click on your story to even retain them in the first place.

I can confirm this personally. Went from a busy cover with multiple characters to a single cover with an attractive female character and my views literally multiplied. Now that story is growing steadily.

I'd just recommend that your cover is relevant to what is inside the story. Obviously, putting a swimsuit model on a cover for a story about WWII pilots won't do you any good. If possible, I'd recommend getting an artist to draw a character from your story and use that. If that's out of your budget, I'm sure there's plenty of stock pics/photos you could use in place.

Is it possible for you to share your previous cover?

 

[owotrucked]

Car advertisers noticed that they sell more when they put a sexy lady next to the car. So yeah, it activates the 2 neurons of my monke brain.

 

[Daitengu]

You don't like lightnovels? why?

Tired of beta men with harems Or stupid women with harems. Also just tired of harem. Which is what most LN that get translated are.

 

[FGCCheckmate]

Is it possible for you to share your previous cover?

Original:

 

[Deleted member 58005]

Original:

Kinda confused about your signature

The Rumble Circuit one leads to Hidden Beacons

Or maybe it's my computer

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I have been seeing this trend lately on Scribble Hub, Royal Road and as well as Webnovel, where new titles which have seductive anime girls as book cover make more reads than other books which have actual story related art. Do you think, it's good to use this strat as a fellow writer?

Absolutely. I wrote a shitty 500 word story about my friend owning my thigh. Made the cover art an anime girls thigh with the title shaped like a thigh tat. Got more views than any of my other stories right off the bat. Thanks horny teens!

 

[ForestDweller]

I can confirm that having a sexy cover does wonders for your views. It pretty much doubles my views every time I uploaded.

And yes, my story is a harem isekai. And the cover is two hot chicks from said harem. And no, I'm not ashamed about it at all. The story's already full of ecchi, perverted stuff anyway. Why not embrace it?

Although, my story is also filled with tragedy. And usually, tragic stories will have serious, brooding covers. So it's a bit of a bait there.

 

[FGCCheckmate]

Kinda confused about your signature

The Rumble Circuit one leads to Hidden Beacons

Or maybe it's my computer

Probably my mistake. I think I mixed up the links when I made my sig. But thanks for the heads up, I think I fixed it now.

 

[ScarletWeeb]

Tired of beta men with harems Or stupid women with harems. Also just tired of harem. Which is what most LN that get translated are.

Yeah, I also don't like harem until the mc is good enough

Original:

It's pretty good ngl, but even I think the new one attracts me more

 

[FGCCheckmate]

Yeah, I also don't like harem until the mc is good enough

It's pretty good ngl, but even I think the new one attracts me more

Thanks!

Yeah, the thumbnails on SH/RR are small, so a lot of the intricate details and colors are lost as people scroll through dozens of other similar-sized covers. I think it would be great in print or on a comic cover, but when you're competing with a lot of other webnovels with miniaturized covers, people don't get a chance to appreciate it.

Putting Itzel (the girl in the green jacket) alone on the cover has gotten me a lot of clicks. Although on RR, I switch between characters since I can use different pics as covers for each volume.

 

[TheDylanDrakes]

Not anime, but I had this exact issue with my cover. The first one I posted was much more 'ohhhh, look, a naked man'. But I switched it around after a few days, because it didn't seem like the right vibe for this site. Also, my story has explicit sex, but it is much more about the character-growth.

Do I think the original would get more clicks? Probably. But ultimately, choose the cover that makes you happy to see it?

(Original)

(Current)

 

[ScarletWeeb]

Not anime, but I had this exact issue with my cover. The first one I posted was much more 'ohhhh, look, a naked man'. But I switched it around after a few days, because it didn't seem like the right vibe for this site. Also, my story has explicit sex, but it is much more about the character-growth.

Do I think the original would get more clicks? Probably. But ultimately, choose the cover that makes you happy to see it?

(Original)
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(Current)
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That's a clean cover ngl

 

[TheDylanDrakes]

That's a clean cover ngl

Thanks! The power of Canva and $7. ?