New cover for Staffordshire Boy

Hi all,
They say you shouldn't judge a book by looking at the cover but I guess most of us do. I know that when I'm looking for a book it is the art work on the cover that attracts me first. In fact, I use the cover to filter the books that I'm not interested in. There are literally hundreds of books for sale that depict a bare chested man in various poses, usually mauling some unfortunate female. I ignore these books like the plaque, but I'm often left wondering that when choosing topic for the cover of their book, the author picks something that is so much like so many others.

Anyway, after saying all that about other authors' covers I must admit that one of my own book covers is pretty poor to say the least. The cove of "A Staffordshire Boy" is pretty damn boring and does absolutely nothing to promote what is within.

All I can say in my defence is that I was very short of time when I published it and the only good thing I can say about it is that it is different. I put a bit of a map of Staffordshire on the front to give it a sense of place, when it should have said something about the content.

Anyway, I've made amends and designed a new cover that gives any would be reader a reasonable idea about what the book might contain.

If you have any opinions on about the covers or think the first one is better, I'd love to hear from you. Meanwhile, if you want to read a sample of what is actually in the book, please click here.
By the way, I am offering one of my books "No Fishing In Here: Just Short Stories" free on Amazon on the 24th and 25th of September. Grab a free copy if you can.