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It depends on your level of graphic design experience/skill, and how much you’re willing to spend. Overwhelming consensus is not do it yourself if you can avoid it. Creating a truly effective cover that attracts readers is a science. A cover that an author thinks is cool may not be the most effective at driving sales, pre-order or otherwise. You will get a pro cover design from Inkshares if you get funded. But it can only help your campaign to have an effective cover upfront. 

If you need or want to do it yourself, I recommend checking out these articles.

This is a huge list of resources for authors designing their own covers. This guy also runs a monthly book design contest. You can see his feedback on each submitted cover. It’s a great way to learn what works and what doesn’t. 
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2014/05/cover-design-tips-in-review/

A good 9-step series that walks you through the process of making your own cover. The first article also discusses the pros and cons of doing it yourself vs. hiring someone. 
http://www.jasongurley.com/blog/2015/2/18/diy-book-cover-design-seriespart-1-should-you-design-your-own-cover

Informative article from an author discussing how changing her cover affected her sales. 
https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/should-you-change-your-books-cover-tips-for-success/

If you want to hire someone, here are some highly recommended places. These are designers that focus strictly on book covers.

Ebooklauch has several budget friendly packages: 
http://ebooklaunch.com/ebook-cover-design/

Bespoke supposedly has somewhat flexible pricing too:
http://bespokebookcovers.com/

Damonza is a little pricey, but their stuff is beautiful. I went with them since I’m promoting my book in several places outside of Inkshares before my campaign. Couldn’t be happier. 
https://damonza.com/portfolio/fiction-samples/

Hope that helps!

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    Hi, all!

    Since we’ve got some time while Prophecy moves into production, I decided to write and include a bonus short story to go with it, for one of the secondary characters! I hope you’ll like it; I had fun getting to play in this kingdom some more! Which character is it for, you’re wondering? Well - any guesses?  ;-)

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      Thank you for the support! I’m super-excited to see the process beginning! :D
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        I have a few, but for some reason this section always makes me proud:


        Post-boxes, which should have been filled with cavity-inducing cards and well-wishes, were hushed amongst pamphlets alerting all of Argent to her disappearance. Where there should have been glittering, colorful, posters proclaiming good tidings across the city’s walls, there were dreadful black posters that bore the last photograph ever taken of her. Hundreds of pairs of eyes wandered over hers. They hesitated, as though needing a moment to collect themselves, and upon glossing over the information dotting shops decorated with wreaths, lights, spiralling ribbons, and plump bows that tied themselves, every witch and wizard dusted off their hands, lowered their heads, and silently thought to themselves – ‘What a crying shame.’ Then, they continued about their holiday business, pondering over many life-altering decisions such as whether cranberry sauce was really all that better than cranberry jelly. 

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