When I got the galley back, a couple of things showed up in the cover design.
1. The title sat too close to the edges.
2. There wasn’t anything on the cover that said “Fantasy” to me. It could have been horror, or even mystery.
3. The back blurb was too large. It filled too much of the back cover and looked pasted on.
So, here’s the new one. I think it’ll work better.
9 replies on “Cover Re-Design”
Um – no text on the spine? Makes it harder to find on the shelf…
Spine text gets added at Create Space .. saves me trying to line it up correctly between the folds.
Ahhh, ok.
I liked “Book One” better than “Volume I”. Using volume always makes me think of text books and biographies. I like my fantasy in books, one can curl up with a book (even an ebook), one can treasure a book, but one tends to file volumes 😉
Hmm. Good point.
Much better.
I second the vote for “Book 1” over “Volume 1”. Or maybe even “Journal 1” or “Tome 1”, just for that fantasy feel.
Book I it is
The cover looks scarier than than the story itself. I love it.