Feedback on new cover please

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The author name should fit the space better. At the moment it looks odd - too close to the sides and too far from the top and bottom.

The small text of the title is odd. It looks like the title is "Rise" with an odd subtitle. At the least I'd put each of the last three words on its own line.

Thanks. Good suggestions but I'm bailing on the cover.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

OK, I guess I'm in the minority:

For me, it looks like those awful READS that involve paranormal romance.* I stay away from reading that type of genre like I avoid rectal suppositories!

On my screen, the small words to the right are not clear at all; in fact, I can't even read them. This may be my computer screen, however, since I'm using a "late" 2010 MacBook Pro.








* = Not that there's anything wrong with paranormal romance. If anyone here likes and/or writes that type of genre, then I'm very happy for you. Very happy, indeed.

Well, my book's awful. What's the problem?

[GrannyGrump]

PS to my above post --- the Kill Bill movies are especially relevant == the *murderous heroine*. Since your protagonist is a knife-wielder, mightn't that knife appear on the cover as her weapon of choice (rather than a gun)?

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I too cannot read the small words. Also, I don't like the author name. It the way the author name is formatted.

Make the cover larger so there is less space at the end. Put the author name in with the same font and same color as the title. That's how it was done for Fire and Fury.

Ha ha. You're comparing my book to Fire and Fury? (I hope it sells one millionth as well as it does.)

I'm bailing on it anyway.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I love that cover. It fits so much better.

Thanks. I like it too but it doesn't work.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Yes, reflects the contents much better. Now if you want to hint at the wacky humour, why don't you project the silhouette of a doggie against the moon, Batman-style?

Great suggestion, double, but I'm bailing on the cover.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by meeera

This looks like a werewolf paranormal.

I agree. I'll hang on to it and write a werewolf paranormal next. (I've already got an idea. A werewolf stalks the people who visit the Writers Forum at MR...)

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by BookCat

Unlike the others, I didn't get "paranormal" from the new design, but "Noir" as in Film Noir. You've certainly conveyed the violence with her headless outline holding a gun. Maybe the moon, though not full, is what makes it look like a paranormal.

I agree with the others about the small font: it's unreadable, the title does now seem to be Rise, which might be an interesting change, but you're losing the reference to animal activism.

I don't read YA, so that didn't hit me till others mentioned it.

Thanks but all the problems you cite are accurate. Bailing.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Hitch

I do have another comment--not mine, Amazon's--and as stupid a policy as I think it is, you could very well run into issues, if you try to use AMS with that cover, because they will NOT allow visible guns on the images used in AMS. I think it's dumber than dumb, but: their sandbox, their rules.

Hitch

I thought that was only if the gun was pointed at the reader.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

There are too many 'G's in 'Gregg'.

I'm thinking of writing the goofy thrillers under that name and having a separate Amazon page for them.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

I agree. I'll hang on to it and write a werewolf paranormal next. (I've already got an idea. A werewolf stalks the people who visit the Writers Forum at MR...)

I thought you disdained stories of the supernatural/fantasy/occult, Gregg?


Hitch

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

Am I off the mark in thinking that the tone of this book might be similar to (old movies) Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill or the *wonderful!!!* Grindhouse or many of Tarantino's ouvre? (sorry, I have only been skimming the thread). Possibly a look at some of those movie posters might give inspiration...

Yes, you're on the right track with the way you're thinking about it, Granny. But mine may be a bit lighter than Tarantino. I'll check those posters. Thanks.

[Gregg Bell]

Okay, here are the two guys I feel I'm closest too in writing content (esp. Dorsey).

https://www.google.com/search?safe=a....0.Ypwc5_6ESqs

https://www.google.com/search?safe=a....0.z_H5F-bW-18

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Hitch

I thought you disdained stories of the supernatural/fantasy/occult, Gregg?


Hitch

Why did you think that? Anyway, I was joking.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

There are too many 'G's in 'Gregg'.