How To Design A Book Cover That Annoys Booksellers

Thanks for the article on book covers. It is always the hardest decision and first thing a reader sees when they look for your book. I still sort of judge a book by its cover and title, but some books I do not do so as they always surprise me. I buy martial arts mind books and they may be daunting for others due to their covers and titles, but they are really strategy books. With a title like Shadow Warrior, some would not believe that it talks of strategy. Regarding the article and how one should not cover the entire cover, well I had a marketing class a long time ago that talked of the store window and how someone should still see through it and it should not be completely covered with posters. Thus, a book cover is like the window and it should let us see inside the book before we buy it. Some covers have nothing to do with the book.

George Arnold Hall
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