Comments on: Book Cover Is Done! High Stakes = Demanding Creative Process

By: Schedule

Schedule — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:28:59 +0000

Best you should change the page subject title Book Cover Is Done! High Stakes = Demanding Creative Process | Duarte Blog to more generic for your blog post you write. I enjoyed the the writing however.

By: Jude Rathburn

Jude Rathburn — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:01:11 +0000

I didn’t get to participate in the vote, but like all three covers. I agree that the subtitle should have larger text, but I like the approach of one word on each line. When is the book due to be published??? I am looking forward to coming to Duarte Designs in May for your workshop. Keep up the great creative work!

By: Michael Durwin

Michael Durwin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:13:10 +0000

I would have tried to go for a beautiful infographic that outlined the contents of the book. BTW, it may have looked like Godin’s book but I think your version of the crowd cover is more successful.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:24:10 +0000

Hi Nancy,
I really enjoyed your first book and cannot wait for the next one. My only suggestion is Option 3 but in the same colour as your first book, a consistant look for a series.

By: Graham Gosling

Graham Gosling — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:07:30 +0000

I’d agree with jmeyer, the subtitle does not read well and his suggestion is good.

Otherwise I’m sure my Amazon account will be hit again (presuming that it’ll be available over here in Europe).

By: Matthias Daues

Matthias Daues — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:12:58 +0000

Hello there. I am a huge fan of yours, directed your way by Garr Reynolds. I am looking forward to reading and using your book and I would prefer to see cover one of your final drafts, it catches the “transform audiences” part of the title and visualizes the process of engaging someone who starts listening in mental absence. I like that.

Cover two reminds me too much of a physics textbook and cover three doesn’t resonate at all with me.

Best regards and thanks for your hard work and your great ideas!

By: Angel J. Ortiz

Angel J. Ortiz — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:29:41 +0000

Loved your first book and can’t wait to purchse the new one.
Let us know when we can pre-order.
Thanks “Nancy and the Crew”

By: Michael Fox

Michael Fox — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:58 +0000

Thank you for sharing your design process.

To quote a very wise man that lived long ago, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”

I like option #1, it has people. Option #3 looks like Lynda Weinman’s (lynda.com) early book cover style.

By: jmeyer

jmeyer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:45:16 +0000

Option 3 is (imho) a good choice. I particularly like that you use a different color and decided against silhouettes but still apply a background with a texture similar to the slide:ology cover. This way the new book is sufficiently distinct from “slide:ology” without loosing the visual connection to its predecessor.

However, I would rethink the way you write the subtitle. At the moment it is hard to read when each word is on a separate line and unimportant words like “that” get emphasized too much. Why not have the subtitle on two lines?

Present visual stories
that transform audiences

instead of

Present
visual
stories
that
transform
audiences

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:34:28 +0000

Please make you subtitle bigger. Think of what it going to look like in postage stamp size on Amazon.