| A Very Ineffective Book Cover |
 The above book cover from Penguin Press is a terrible book cover. I do hope that it is just a place holder at Amazon.com and will be changed to a real cover soon. If the above is the cover going into bookstores, I have to wonder why Penguin Press is letting monkeys design their book covers these days. I apologize for the bad joke, but this cover is a bad joke. Labels: book covers, Penguin Press |
posted by John Kremer @
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When I was talking to publishers about my book they all commented on how much time my artist son had put into creating it. Yet, it still needed work. Thanks to some wise suggestions it was improved. One major issue was readability at a distance. The second was recognizability at a distance.
If those two criteria are the most important, then perhaps this cover is not as bad as you and I think. I hope they did not pay much for this. It looks like something you find in the generic foods section of your discount grocery store.
Ah, readability at a distance is important, but all caps don't make for an easily readable title. For the best readability (if that was their only criteria), they should have used capital letters only at the beginning of each word.
John,
For one the cover does what a great cover is supposed to do...it get's your attention.
I admit if I saw the book on the shelf with the cover out, I would be curious. I do wonder what the spine looks like?
My research and findings dictate how important the spine is to attracting attention as well as the cover!
Adrienne Zurub
Author of,
'Notes From the Mothership ~ The Naked Invisibles' due out November 2007
http://chasewunderlickpublishers.com.cn
This book cover does not get your attention. It's bland, very boring. It fades into the background. If standing on a shelf, face out, with other books, no one would notice it.
In a magazine, it also fades into the background.
This book, of course, is selling. It covers a hot topic. But the cover isn't helping it at all. Boring, boring, boring. Bland, bland, bland. Ugly.
The cover is like the book: Lots of screaming headlines and not a lot of meat around the movement the author claims to be writing about; just the individuals trying to make things better.
Perhaps I'm too Internet/e-mail/blog focused, but CAPS ARE LIKE SCREAMING AT ME!
How about you?
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