Make Your Own eBook Covers

You have probably seen those cool 3D eBook covers on the internet...the ones where there isn't ACTUALLY a real 'paper' book. People who sell digital eBooks want an image that makes it look like a physical copy. So 'eBook covers' are the only way they have to graphically represent their product.

Most of the time those are made with Photoshop, using an Action Script. Photoshop costs about $300 and the script runs about $100.

I recently came across (in Amazon's Kindle Store, of all places!) a detailed walkthrough on how to build those and add all the finishing touches. It uses FREE software called GIMP, which is open-source. It's downloadable for free and is as good as Photoshop!

The cool thing is that not only does the guide teach you how to make very professional-looking eBook covers, it has a chapter on selling those graphics to people who are looking for them!

If you like to fool around with digital graphics, you can learn to Make eBook Covers easily with this step-by-step guide.

New U.S. Government Logo

Someone sent this to me in an email today...it cracked me up, so I thought I would share it:

"The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a Condom because it more accurately reflects the government's political stance.

A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of d*cks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually getting screwed.

It just doesn't get more accurate than that!"

The Bright Side of an Obama Win

I've been opposed to Obama, mainly on fiscal policy. I personally think that his ideas smack a little too much of socialism. The general idea of taking more from the folks that create jobs to give to folks who have less doesn't really work well.

But here are some reasons not to drive off a cliff with an Obama win:

1. If he does as much as President as he did as Senator, we should be OK.
2. Maybe people will FINALLY start believing that race matters about as much as skin color. I'm sure that people who profit from race-baiting will still find a way to complain, though, but I think that those voices will be quieter in 4 years than they are now.
3. Biden is taken out of play. The VP is pretty much a powerless position, so we take out a liberal (and loose-lipped) Senator.
4. LOTS AND LOTS of people, and young people especially, voted for Obama, and they have high expectations. If all of those people are let down (ie: they don't get what they want from Obama), I think there will be backlash, and all those people will be equally active in the next election...to throw him out.
5. Democrats are now fully in charge. At first blush this seems like a bad thing, but the American people, four years from now, won't be able to continue to blame Bush for everything bad. And bad it will be. (especially if he tries to fix the economy by taxing small businesses) That will also cause backlash.

So, before you contemplate downing that bottle of pills, or moving to Australia, remember that the same crowd that welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were crying 'Crucify Him!' within a week. Not that I think we should try to crucify Obama, either physically or verbally. (Good grief, the anti-hate-speech police will be knocking at my door!) My point, though, is that since that kind of popularity-shift can happen to Jesus, in 4 years, the people of the U.S. might also turn against Obama.

Oh...as for all the haters out there who want to immediately label me a racist or whatever for being against Obama: honestly, I don't care about his skin color. I totally would have voted Condi Rice as Pres in a heartbeat. It's about his policies, not his genetics.