Thread: What do you think of this working cover?
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Old 11-26-2022, 11:17 AM   #57
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Don, my concern with it is, I'm not sure it appears intentional. If you rummage around Kindle's shelves, and it doesn't take too long, you'll see a lot of quite serious covers like that. It's one thing for a trade pub to get away with it--tongue-in-cheek, wink-and-a-nod thing; it's another for an Indy.

We do a fair number of kids' books, at my shop, and we see covers like that all the time, as "serious contenders," (the intent, I mean, not the actual effect).

Also, why is the title being cited/quoted?

ETA: may I suggest Two Fingers Bodoni Regular, to replace that font? Or...hell, if you want something fattish, Childwood Normal, or...for easier-to-read, maybe HankBT Roman or Infant?

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Last edited by Hitch; 11-26-2022 at 11:20 AM. Reason: ETA font suggestion
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