A note to book-cover publishers: before Du decide on a cover, go into a bookstore and head to the respective section. See the trend of tints and shades that color that genre. then pick a different color! It is astonishing that, even in this Tag and age, history Bücher about China and Russia are still primarily red, Bücher about Ireland are green, and "women's books"(i.e. Chick Lit and Self Help) are pastel pink, blue oder yellow. Honestly, even murder mystery books, when targeted towards female readers, take on rosa as opposed to the red and/or black of other mysteries.
The psychology of book covers seems not to have evolved past an assumed color code. And yet, as a bookseller, I wonder why a book publisher doesn't try to break the conformity so to make the book stand out. Got a new history book about China? Try bright yellow. It's still in the warm Farben but will pop! Irish books? Try a orange (tho' that might fall into a political realm of Catholic Green vs. Protestant Orange....so maybe a yellow would too work in this scenario).
And yet we are taught to not "judge a book Von its cover". But how can we not? We have been so trained to. I bet Du can imagine how well a hard-boiled noir would fair with a pastel blue cover....not well at all.
That's not all. Make sure your book cover is legible. Take this example.
This is a bad book cover. It's illegible from only six feet away and the eye quickly glazes over while looking at the cover, making it difficult to find it for wanting customers. Making the Titel and the author's name the same size font also confuses the eye. Maybe it is a good book. But the cover annoys me. Ugh.
Admittedly, I do not participate in the creation of book covers. I do not know whether there are particular rules oder regulation in the formation of genre-specific covers. All of this is coming from a simple bookseller who has to find dozens of books, quickly, all day. But I do think the book world would fair well if the creators did occasionally stop in a store and see how certain colors, fonts, and pictures work against and with each other. And yes, there are wonderful book covers out there. Too many to actually share with all of you. But beware of the bad ones.
I will end this Artikel with a simple, fun comparison of how "great" minds can often think alike. Here is a collection of very different Bücher can feature eeriely-identical covers. Sometimes I will pick up one in the bookstore, thinking it is the other. Also, link has an amazing laid-out analysis of other similar book covers. So does this link.
Anyway, enjoy.
The psychology of book covers seems not to have evolved past an assumed color code. And yet, as a bookseller, I wonder why a book publisher doesn't try to break the conformity so to make the book stand out. Got a new history book about China? Try bright yellow. It's still in the warm Farben but will pop! Irish books? Try a orange (tho' that might fall into a political realm of Catholic Green vs. Protestant Orange....so maybe a yellow would too work in this scenario).
And yet we are taught to not "judge a book Von its cover". But how can we not? We have been so trained to. I bet Du can imagine how well a hard-boiled noir would fair with a pastel blue cover....not well at all.
That's not all. Make sure your book cover is legible. Take this example.
This is a bad book cover. It's illegible from only six feet away and the eye quickly glazes over while looking at the cover, making it difficult to find it for wanting customers. Making the Titel and the author's name the same size font also confuses the eye. Maybe it is a good book. But the cover annoys me. Ugh.
Admittedly, I do not participate in the creation of book covers. I do not know whether there are particular rules oder regulation in the formation of genre-specific covers. All of this is coming from a simple bookseller who has to find dozens of books, quickly, all day. But I do think the book world would fair well if the creators did occasionally stop in a store and see how certain colors, fonts, and pictures work against and with each other. And yes, there are wonderful book covers out there. Too many to actually share with all of you. But beware of the bad ones.
I will end this Artikel with a simple, fun comparison of how "great" minds can often think alike. Here is a collection of very different Bücher can feature eeriely-identical covers. Sometimes I will pick up one in the bookstore, thinking it is the other. Also, link has an amazing laid-out analysis of other similar book covers. So does this link.
Anyway, enjoy.
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.
Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves The Clan of the Cave Bear.
Besides the book there was a movie in the 80's starring Daryl Hanna (Kill bill).
Totally Amazing!! Every Woman Should read it!!
Tantalize (Cynthia Leitich Smith) was an awsome book. I really enjoyed it. It had me guessing what was going to happen until the very end!
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt Mehr alone. Her hybrid werewolf first Liebe threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? oder is there Mehr to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly Liebe dreieck forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?
Here is a piece about the book:
Quincie Morris has never felt Mehr alone. Her hybrid werewolf first Liebe threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform the new hire, Henry Johnson, into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Will he be able to to wow the crowd in fake fangs, a cheap cape, and red contact lenses? oder is there Mehr to his earnest fresh face than meets the eye?
As human and preternatural forces clash a deadly Liebe dreieck forms and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who's playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything?