Response: Book Covers

So I know my critique this week is also about book covers, but I found the in class critique yesterday interesting so I want to respond to it as well. It was definitely interesting hearing design things from book publishers. For instance, I was surprised by their reaction to white covers and how they were not desirable. When they first said how dark books get scuffed up easily I thought they would definitely want lighter and even white books. While they wanted lighter books, they absolutely did not want white (unless it had a border). This was because when the sleeve is uploaded to Amazon and other online sites they do not put a border around the image. Therefore, a white cover looks like awkward floating text. I would have never even thought twice about that. Overall the experience was really cool. I definitely never though it would be that hard or time consuming for book covers to be selected. There was a lot of debate over some sets of designs while others (like mine) were unanymously voted on and selected easily. I'm glad that's how mine went, because I definitely liked their choice.