Cover comments please? - Page 4

teh603 · 05-31-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

ghu only knows

H. Beam Piper fan?

BeccaPrice · 05-31-2013, 11:58 AM

yep. and ghu is a general term in the science fiction crowd, or it used to be, because of course SF fans would *never* be so coarse as to swear... alas, I think it's long out of fashion.

teh603 · 05-31-2013, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

yep. and ghu is a general term in the science fiction crowd, or it used to be, because of course SF fans would *never* be so coarse as to swear... alas, I think it's long out of fashion.

Sometimes I think I liked "unexpurgated unprintability" better.

BeccaPrice · 06-04-2013, 11:01 AM

a postcard design - comments? too many words in too small a type?

[eta: the original file didn't attach for some reason. Let's try this]

crich70 · 06-04-2013, 12:18 PM

Looks interesting. Maybe "Parents will enjoy the stories for how they are the right length for bedtime reading and children will enjoy them for their colorful characters. "

BeccaPrice · 06-04-2013, 12:45 PM

should I maybe cut out the blurb entirely? like this?

crich70 · 06-04-2013, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

should I maybe cut out the blurb entirely? like this?

No. Then you have that big chunk of empty space in the corner and it throws things off balance.
Maybe just something like "Brave princesses, grumpy dragons, princes competing for a kingdom, these and many other beings of fairy tale to be found within." Then have the note about the other two books below that. Maybe have the words on a background of a scrolled up paper.

Turtle91 · 06-04-2013, 01:22 PM

I think you need some blurb in there, but maybe a little shorter. Remove the middle 11 words after "tales" and up to "They" to leave: "These six modern fairy tales are just the right length..."

ucfgrad93 · 06-04-2013, 02:34 PM

I don't like the way Bedtime Stories runs into the "g" of Dragons. Same thing with your name running into the banner.

davidfor · 06-04-2013, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtle91

I think you need some blurb in there, but maybe a little shorter. Remove the middle 11 words after "tales" and up to "They" to leave: "These six modern fairy tales are just the right length..."

I did like the original, but can see the point with cutting some wordage. I think I'd drop the length bit as well. "These six modern fairy tales are just right for bedtime reading."

Hmm, while looking at this, the picture made me think of "Tea with the Black Dragon" by R. A. MacAvoy.

BeccaPrice · 06-05-2013, 09:49 AM

McAvoy's book was published in 83, and A Princess for Tea was first created in 96 or so. There may have been an unconscious spinoff from the title, but the stories are totally unalike.

BeccaPrice · 06-09-2013, 02:51 PM

Here's another cover, for a non-fiction book of an entirely different stripe from my fairy tales. It's about the intersection of religion and mental illness.

VydorScope · 06-09-2013, 04:44 PM

Looks like a good start! Some slight suggestions: That word at the bottom (name?) is hard to read, I would at least change the color of it. The title probably should be a bit bigger so its more readable in the thumbnail.

gmw · 06-10-2013, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by VydorScope

Looks like a good start! Some slight suggestions: That word at the bottom (name?) is hard to read, I would at least change the color of it. The title probably should be a bit bigger so its more readable in the thumbnail.

Ditto.

I do like the image.

BeccaPrice · 06-11-2013, 05:37 PM

Yes, I used Comic Sans deliberately - this is a humorous story, geared maybe at ages 3 to 6 or 7, maybe 8 depending on the 8yo. This short story is destined to be free.

06-04-2013, 11:01 AM	#49
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	Dragons and Dreams promo? a postcard design - comments? too many words in too small a type? [eta: the original file didn't attach for some reason. Let's try this] Attached Thumbnails Last edited by BeccaPrice; 06-04-2013 at 11:09 AM.

06-09-2013, 02:51 PM	#57
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	Here's another cover, for a non-fiction book of an entirely different stripe from my fairy tales. It's about the intersection of religion and mental illness. Attached Thumbnails

06-11-2013, 05:37 PM	#60
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	Another cover: The Snarls Yes, I used Comic Sans deliberately - this is a humorous story, geared maybe at ages 3 to 6 or 7, maybe 8 depending on the 8yo. This short story is destined to be free. Attached Thumbnails

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BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	yep. and ghu is a general term in the science fiction crowd, or it used to be, because of course SF fans would never be so coarse as to swear... alas, I think it's long out of fashion.

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crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Looks interesting. Maybe "Parents will enjoy the stories for how they are the right length for bedtime reading and children will enjoy them for their colorful characters. "

06-04-2013, 12:45 PM	#51
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	should I maybe cut out the blurb entirely? like this?

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,397 Karma: 20212733 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	I think you need some blurb in there, but maybe a little shorter. Remove the middle 11 words after "tales" and up to "They" to leave: "These six modern fairy tales are just the right length..."

06-04-2013, 02:34 PM	#54
ucfgrad93 Wizard Posts: 2,372 Karma: 9026681 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Gen	I don't like the way Bedtime Stories runs into the "g" of Dragons. Same thing with your name running into the banner.

06-05-2013, 09:49 AM	#56
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	McAvoy's book was published in 83, and A Princess for Tea was first created in 96 or so. There may have been an unconscious spinoff from the title, but the stories are totally unalike.

06-09-2013, 04:44 PM	#58
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Looks like a good start! Some slight suggestions: That word at the bottom (name?) is hard to read, I would at least change the color of it. The title probably should be a bit bigger so its more readable in the thumbnail.