tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post535144967026349395..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Buy Me! Some Thoughts on Book Cover Design... by Rosalie WarrenKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-60407199455038918212017-10-16T17:23:55.888+01:002017-10-16T17:23:55.888+01:00Just returning to my post after a couple of weeks,...Just returning to my post after a couple of weeks, having been prompted to look for further comments.<br /><br />Melissa, thank you, and I'm glad I made you stop to consider... However, I know your design skills are excellent so I would hate to put you off completely. Book cover design does seem to be a very specific art/craft/skill, but if anyone can learn to do it I'm sure you can. We must chat about Barbara Trapido sometime - I've never met anyone else who is familiar with her books!<br /><br />Griselda, thank you for the prompt to check my post again. Disappointing to hear that I come so far down in the no-comment stakes on EA - I must try harder! :-) Glad you like the Lena's Nest cover. I've just commissioned the same company to design the cover for a new book about copy editing I'm going to publish shortly.Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55334711983230204962017-10-07T16:00:02.172+01:002017-10-07T16:00:02.172+01:00AT LAST! My laptop is allowing me to comment, I&#...AT LAST! My laptop is allowing me to comment, I'm away from home and have been struggling with this for days. I'm afraid you come WAY down in the stakes of EA posts receiving no comments at all - obviously you are out of the running now but even before you had no chance of coming first. There is already a Highly Select Group of us you will have to try much harder to join.<br /> <br />Very good points about book covers. Yes, a designer is a must - as well as the aesthetics there are some vital basics like making the font size and colour easy to read so your title and name jump out at the reader. And don't forget the spine! Lena's Nest works brilliantly.<br /><br />Incidentally, one of the most irritating maxims (annoyingly common), is that old 'Don't judge a book by its cover'. Because of course all designers and publishers set out to make books look as dreary as possible... grr.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65792419688744575422017-10-06T21:12:19.102+01:002017-10-06T21:12:19.102+01:00Really interesting and thought-provoking post. I w...Really interesting and thought-provoking post. I would have commented before but I'm supposed to be taking a break from work. As both a writer and a fledgling designer, I am particularly tempted to have a go at designing my own covers but after reading this post, it has made me more cautious about the wisdom of doing so. And I'm delighted to discover that you are a Barbara Trapido fan. I haven't read her now for years but I absolutely loved her books when I discovered them and maybe it's time for a re-visit. PS. As you already know, I really rate the cover of Lena's Nest!<br />Melissa Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093389887628234733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-41824496223125404922017-10-05T09:15:35.593+01:002017-10-05T09:15:35.593+01:00Thanks, Umberto! Thanks, Umberto! Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-71399344825268619352017-10-05T08:19:57.768+01:002017-10-05T08:19:57.768+01:00Au contraire, Rosalie! Thank you for a very illumi...Au contraire, Rosalie! Thank you for a very illuminating post, a keeper for we author-publishers tempted to do everything, including design. Great cover on Lena's Nest! When I edited magazines, the cover was critical not only to sales but identity but bringing an issue together. Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-79546481227155316662017-10-05T00:09:03.042+01:002017-10-05T00:09:03.042+01:00Could this be the first post ever on AE to get no ...Could this be the first post ever on AE to get no comments at all? Do I get a prize?<br /><br />Rosalie Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790708661647164052noreply@blogger.com