Thanks for clarifying it. What I still don’t understand is why the building is on fire. I say this because that seems more like a column of black smoke from a fire than a cloud of dust from a demolition.
El cochinote, you are getting technical on me! You are probably right, but the idea of a cover is to pique curiosity about the story. Most people would not recognize the difference between fire smoke and dust smoke.
While I agree that the cover should get the reader’s attention, I think people are much smarter than we believe.
Naaman Brown
4 years ago
That is the actual subtitle.
It reads more like a blurb.
It covers the art which justifies the “text and more text” tag.
Personally I would put the subtitle/blurb at the bottom: lead the eye from author, title, down the column of smoke to the buildings, to the text over the uninteresting parts of the cityscape.
(Having witnessed controlled demolition via implosion, I noticed smoke like that arising after the building had collapsed so I presume the building imploded is not there and was behind the buildings in the foreground.)
I do not recall the premise of a ticking-clock treasure hunt in a building scheduled for implosion. Given that imploding buildings are almost scheduled tourist attractions in Las Vegas, the book sounds interesting.
Thank you so much for calling attention to my book. We love publicity–any kind! And glad you were able to easily figure out what the story is about…
Well, Carolyn, we can give you “good sport” points, fersure. 🙂
Great to see you’re a good sport, Carolyn!
…as long as they can read English, that is.
So… Is the hotel on fire or is part of a controlled demolition?
“Destined for destruction” means it is part of a controlled demolition, or implosion of the building.
Thanks for clarifying it. What I still don’t understand is why the building is on fire. I say this because that seems more like a column of black smoke from a fire than a cloud of dust from a demolition.
El cochinote, you are getting technical on me! You are probably right, but the idea of a cover is to pique curiosity about the story. Most people would not recognize the difference between fire smoke and dust smoke.
While I agree that the cover should get the reader’s attention, I think people are much smarter than we believe.
That is the actual subtitle.
It reads more like a blurb.
It covers the art which justifies the “text and more text” tag.
Personally I would put the subtitle/blurb at the bottom: lead the eye from author, title, down the column of smoke to the buildings, to the text over the uninteresting parts of the cityscape.
(Having witnessed controlled demolition via implosion, I noticed smoke like that arising after the building had collapsed so I presume the building imploded is not there and was behind the buildings in the foreground.)
I do not recall the premise of a ticking-clock treasure hunt in a building scheduled for implosion. Given that imploding buildings are almost scheduled tourist attractions in Las Vegas, the book sounds interesting.
And I will say this:
A) the plot does sound quite interesting, and
B) this is the best bad cover I’ve seen here in a long time.
Not some much a bad cover as a flawed cover that could be improved.