Comments on: The 5 Most Common Mistakes in Book Cover Design and How to Avoid Them https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/ Promote your book to Written Word Media's audience of over one million readers. Read our blog for information on all things self-publishing. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Andrea Cherie Smith https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-105182 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 08:29:54 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-105182 I’ve just read your article. I found it to be very easy to follow and the suggestions were very logical. I also enjoyed the comments that were posted. Thank you to you all. Very helpful.

]]> By: Rick Vasquez https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-63130 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 21:27:42 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-63130 Thank you for putting this out there. I agree with your opinion and I hope more people would come to agree with this as well.

]]> By: Anan Niamul https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-62297 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:06:36 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-62297 To be really honest, I was looking for this type of article and you have covered up the things quite nicely. Thanks for sharing with us.

]]> By: Martin https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-41240 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 07:52:33 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-41240 I suppose a book cover should arouse curiosity?
Much like garden design. Perhaps a meandering path with an object of intrest at the far end.Which you can’t discern what it is,but have formed an opinion on what it might be.
“I will have to go and have a sticky beak to satisfy my idle curiosity.”

]]> By: Susan Rooks https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-813 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:57:08 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-813 Excellent info, and I’ve signed up for the newsletter. As I represent several repeat authors, I’m happy to be able to show them this article and succeeding ones. Obviously, it’ll help my newer clients too.

Do you have any thoughts on the spine of the books? I ask because many of us like to read books by the same authors, and library books almost always have a label affixed to the spine low down, where the author’s name too often is. Even bookstores often put a label at the bottom!

For me, it would be great to see the author’s name at the top, so I’d know who wrote it!

]]> By: Shane Teller https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-812 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:49:43 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-812 In reply to Captain S. Martin Shelton, USNR (ret.).

I ma researching book covers in the process of creating my own. I see many books that state – written by _____ or by____ and some simply state the authors name as a stand alone. Which is better to use and why?

Thank you!

]]> By: Dan Kyle https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-811 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:52:52 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-811 As a bookseller, placing any book on display, or even on the shelf with only the spine showing if it uses dark colors or BLACK, especially without contrasting text, and if it has a bad font for the title and author’s name, will almost certainly make it undesirable for customers to peruse – unless it is an in demand, hot new release.
That said, flowery pastels and often earth tones, when mimicking the style of other books or genres – while an obvious marketing ploy – seem to be a rip-off to me. In fiction, originality is my desired reading and the cover sets the tone for that.

]]> By: John https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-810 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:37:14 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-810 In reply to K.N. Lee.

I also think so.

]]> By: John https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-809 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:36:33 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-809 Very useful points you have mentioned. Do you have any tips for social media graphics? Please share if any.

]]> By: Charlton Daines https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/the-5-most-common-mistakes-in-book-cover-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comment-808 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:25:08 +0000 https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/?p=59127#comment-808 On the topic of thumbnail size, Goodreads displays book covers at 75 pixels high. It’s worth shrinking the image to see how it looks at that size.

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