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• 10 designers

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Book Cover Design Brief

My novel is called "The Naked Blood of the Cherry Blossoms" and the subtitle is "A defeated soldier battles the Yakuza"

The book's description is:

"In December 1945 Haruto Sakamoto, an Imperial Army officer, returns to war torn Osaka. He is a rare survivor from the Philippines campaign. Japan is in a wretched state, flattened by intensive bombing. Starvation and homelessness are rampant. Branded a defeated soldier, survivors treat him as an outcast. Penniless, he sleeps rough.

Amidst the city’s ruins and chaos, Black Markets explode. Some traders hawk goods looted from military stock piles. Others sell contraband sourced from racketeers in the occupation authorities. Yakuza gangs control the Black Markets, bribing police and city officials who turn a blind eye.

Sakamoto’s former Corporal runs a stall in the Umeda Black Market. Shaken down by the mob, he pleads for help. Can Sakamoto help? Will Sakamoto rediscover his once proud and invincible Samurai spirit?

The Naked Blood of the Cherry Blossoms is a novel based on eye witness accounts and news reports.

Postwar Japan was a time when the weak were meat; the strong eat. "

The book design should apply for front, back and side. It will be an ePub and also printed version. The design should also work as a impactful thumbnail.

I need a designer who has interest or knowledge of Japan, where I live. Aspect ratio of 1.6 for the cover, size to 4500 pixels on the longest side.

I will supply the author's name later

Target Market(s)

Historical fiction readers; people interested in Japan & Japanese history; crime

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Requirements

Must have

• An impactful cover design that works on printed, e-pub and also Amazon thumbnail. The design must be for front, back and side
• (Impactful = attractive, high standout, intrigues reader to buy the book)

Nice to have

• I have attached some imagery of post war Japan, the era when the novel is set.
• Note: the hero of the story is the defeated solider, not the Yakuza

Should not have

• stock image photos

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