Choose a design for a book cover!

[Guest12120]

Please help my wife pick a design for a cover of her book. It's a novel for young adults (romance/fantasy). Thank you!


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[RazorCut]

Done, a couple of really striking designs. Hope it does well for her.

 

[Thriftypreneur]

I think 5 and 17 are the best choices with five coming out ahead slightly. If it were me, I'd definitely go with five if the book is going to be placed in romance categories. Best of luck with the launch. Be sure to let us know how it goes.

Edit: Woops, that 7 was supposed to be a 17. Don't really care for 7.

 

[Digamma]

I would go with #17, knowing the space. Second comes #5, but would fail on the fantasy shelf imho.
#7 is amazing, but not for a novel. I really like the style though.

 

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[Marc B.]

I liked the cover that's currently in second place (sword hilt occupying most of the cover), but when you said "romance," cover #5 stood out. I think it's a good fit for the genre.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Not big on any of them for romance. They all seem "game of thronesish". #17 if I had to pick. Red = Passion.

 

[Jonleehacker]

I'm left craving to see a person on the cover of any type of romance story

 

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[Boyd]

Honestly, I don't really care for any of them. IMO, none of them scream YA, romance, or fantasy.

If I saw these covers on Amazon I'd probably browse right past them.

Just my two cents.

 

[Gymjunkie]

Voted for no13 and left a comment. It's best seemingly, without knowing what the book is about.

 

[RoadTrip]

I'd opt for 17. Maybe if you change the font of the title, it will look less vampirely...

 

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[CyberBiz]

I vote 17 (only because of design) also but it is difficult to gauge what the book is about (like others have stated). I get the feeling it is more like a mystery novel where a key is pivotal component. If it is, that cool. Maybe, it will stand out against other romance books with people on covers. Good effort for writing a book. I hear it is a lot of work.

 

[Guest12120]

Thanks guys for your votes. It turns out that my wife doesn't really love any of the designs and will have another one designed by a graphic designer from her work. She hopes it would be much better than these ones.


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[ChickenHawk]

My vote would be for #17. It looks Game-of-Thronesey, with a hint of potential romance with the red fabric.
Wishing your wife good luck with the book!

 

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[Emanuel]

From a design perspective, 17 is the worst one. Chain was poorly added around the key (see screen shot a1 - doesn't wrap around the key properly), key is out of focus compared to chain even though there is very little depth of field (see screen shot a2), shadows and lighting are wrong (key has no shadows and seems to be floating), the bottom end of the chain has two ends and the font choice is not great (crisp and clean font on an out of focus cover).

I personally don't like any of them, but if I had to choose one it would be #5.