Do you judge a book by its cover?

[Halo]

I preferred cover 1 (the darker one without the newsprint). The newsprint one was quite unusual and eye-catching, but ultimately rather busy on the eye. The darker one looked classier somehow, and slightly more menacing.

 

[Ell]

I like cover 1 - the dark one. It seems to stand out more; plus I'm always drawn to black covers on bookshelves - e.g. Cryptonomicon, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell.

 

[VTChEwbecca]

I prefer cover one. I like the white on black.

 

[Cathy C]

I would personally go with the black background and white text, but change the title to either gold or red. (If your publisher has the ability to do gold foil, that would really be best.) The black grabs the reader, but right now, you focus on the photos rather than the title. That's not good to snag casual shoppers, because you want them to remember the name in case they aren't ready to purchase yet, and you want to grab them enough to cause them to pick up the book and read the back blurb.

 

[hay82]

Just realised that they where listed in reverse, so I actually prefer cover nr 1..

 

[ink-heart]

Oh no Same here. I prefer the darker one which I thought was the second.

 

[marlasinger]

I prefer the first one (the darker one). I think it catches the eye more.

 

[Eugen]

Can anyone give me some feedback on 2 covers beign considered for my book? they are at: http://members.aol.com/cousinlary/cover1.jpg and http://members.aol.com/cousinlary/cover2.jpg

Thank you.

Definitely cover 1. Looks interesting. What's the book about? Who's your publisher?

 

[shootseven]

Thanks

Thank you all for your input, you've been a lot of help. I had 6 covers origionally, but have had a hard time after narrowing it down to these 2. To answer one question, it is darker, a ture story about the investigation into a murdered father and son.

 

[shootseven]

Thank you

Thank you all for the feedback, it really helped. I've been narrowing down covers for a while now. To answer the question, yes it is a non-fiction book about a father and son who were murdered.

 

[Rogue]

#1

Cheers

 

[Worm]

Which Book Cover Is Your Favorite?

Book covers are really attractive arent they?
My favorite book cover is of 'The Da Vinci Code'. Really Enigmatic !Isnt it?

So, Which One is yours?

 

[Gerbil Chan]

I don't really know if I have a FAVORITE book cover, but I tend to like those that have historical artwork on it. I particularly like the cover for "The Crimson Petal and the White".
I generally dislike any cover with any kind of photograph on it.

 

[Delta_doh!]

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[novella]

I love the Japanese style esthetic, especially color combinations. These are three good covers from Banana Y:

 

[Hollis]

I really loved the artwork Martin Springett did for the Fionavar Tapestry novels by Guy Gavriel Kay.

http://www.brightweavings.com/artgallery/covfionavar.htm

They're the ones at the top.

 

[Delta_doh!]

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[Sell Sword]

 

[mehastings]

My zillion year old copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God

 

[Sapper41]

I like the WoT Eye of the world one alot but heres my fav.