Confide December 6, 2014 Confide The description: “Nothing ruins a romance like a political campaign, a pending trial, and a dangerous family secret.” And nothing ruins a book launch like a cover that gives no clue as to its genre or content. Spread the love Tags: BOO-ring, false flagging ◀ The Colony on Callisto Undying Vengeance ▶ 5 Comments Oldest Newest Most Voted Inline Feedbacks View all comments L. 9 years ago I’ll be nice and say that’s a pretty picture. Would work (with better fonts) as a cover for a poetry book. Kris 9 years ago RED TEXT! It hurts my eyes, even as teensy and hard-to-see as it is. Why do authors never LOOK at their covers from more than 12″ away??? That would solve a lot of these issues. Naaman Brown 9 years ago Who needs the cover to give clues about genre or content when you have instant author name and title recognition like, uh, who? what? Never mind. Also, viewed at 25% (approx. thumbnail size most book browsers will see when looking for books on the web) the title and author are not legible. Karl 9 years ago Reply to Naaman Brown Yeah, but you’d be able to see that the cover is blue, and why would you need anything more than that? red 9 years ago A blue sea, blue sky not a seagull anywhere zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz.
I’ll be nice and say that’s a pretty picture. Would work (with better fonts) as a cover for a poetry book.
RED TEXT! It hurts my eyes, even as teensy and hard-to-see as it is.
Why do authors never LOOK at their covers from more than 12″ away??? That would solve a lot of these issues.
Who needs the cover to give clues about genre or content when you have instant author name and title recognition like, uh, who? what? Never mind.
Also, viewed at 25% (approx. thumbnail size most book browsers will see when looking for books on the web) the title and author are not legible.
Yeah, but you’d be able to see that the cover is blue, and why would you need anything more than that?
A blue sea, blue sky
not a seagull anywhere
zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz.