How Much Say Do You Have When Designing a Book Cover?

Most frequently asked question as an author is, what role do you play in the cover of the book and how much say do you have? And typically, no say. For my non fiction title, they actually sent me five covers and felt all were acceptable. I got to choose which one. That was actually too much for mewait. Too many options. But i have loved my covers too. There's books that i've just adored. When you design a cover, i never understand, are you dawing, painting, working on the computer, assembling images from the world? How does that whole process work? It's all different, and it depends who you talk to