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July 2017
Good Afternoon Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors!
Today, we will be discussing Book Cover Design. For all Writers, Authors, Novelists, Aspiring Authors, Emerging Authors, Poets, and Creative Writers, we are going to take a moment to focus on Book Cover Design.
If you are writing a Novel or a Book of any kind, one of the things that you need to have in mind is your Book Cover. How will it look? How will it be designed? What color or colors will you chose? What Style Book Binding would you like to see your book wrapped in? Is your book better suited for Hard-Cover or soft-cover? Are you going to gear your book to be an e-book?
Those are some of the questions you should write down in your Journal for today's notes.
Journal Notes
If you have your Journal out, the first thing you should make a note of for today is what you'd like to have on your Novel or Book Cover. It would be a good idea to go to the Library or Book Store and check out some of the Book Covers. You can also look at the Book Covers that you have at home or those online to get an idea of the Styles that you like.
For instance, take a look at the following Book without any design inserted on it . . .
Book Example without Artistic Book Cover Design
Visually speaking, make a note of the spine of the Book, then imagine the same book in a different color. Then imagine the same book without the ridges on the spine.
Take a look at the following example . . .
Book Example without Artistic Book Cover Design
Notice the red color that is inside the bottom right corner of the back Book Cover. The little details about Books that people may not realize catches the eye -- are the very details that draw attention, and are the attraction that captures buyers seeking to purchase good Books.
It has been said that you cannot judge a book by its cover, but I'd have to say otherwise. Many people purchase books because of the visually attractive Book Covers!
I personally gravitate to books that have beautifully designed Book Covers. If you are a visual person, then you are probably the same way--you like attractive Book Covers. There is a book that I purchased by Katherine Neville entitled, "The Eight" . . .
Out of all of the Book Covers above of "The Eight" by Katherine Neville, which Book Cover do you think I chose? It is the same book with a different cover (smiles ~ I believe ~ there could be something a little different in each one ~ who knows?). Well, just for the record, I chose the third one from the top . . .
Book Covers make a difference!
Think about your Book Cover. There are Book Cover Designers that design and create Book Covers for a living. You may possibly be a good Book Cover Designer if you are an Artist!
We'll be back with another interesting
Topic of Discussion!
Until then Friends ~
Keep Writing!
Peace, Love & Light,
René
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