Does this book cover make you want to check my story out?
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Did you make the same thread twice?
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Does this book cover make you want to check my story out?
So I made a book cover for my story using a free template I found online. I really like it, but I'm not too sure it will draw readers in. What do you think?
Lol... I'm not sure. My internet kind of had a seizure and reloaded the same page, so I clicked on post again only to find out I made the thread already.Did you make the same thread twice?
Does this book cover make you want to check my story out?
So I made a book cover for my story using a free template I found online. I really like it, but I'm not too sure it will draw readers in. What do you think?
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I think it's fine. It looks a lot like what you would see on an actual physical book.
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I'm not entirely sold on the font of the title.
The rest looks good to me!
The rest looks good to me!
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Bring down the "ETERNAL" title a lil' bit...
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Honestly no but that is more due to it seeming to hint at topics/genres I don't read. It seems fine as a cover however and far better than any cover I use.
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It's not bad, it feels like a mystery novel. It doesn't draw Ai-chan, but the only mystery books Ai-chan read are Sherlock Homes, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.
If you're looking for critique though, Ai-chan only has two:
1) The title is too high, it makes a large chunk of your cover look empty. Lower it just a little bit.
2) Ai-chan hasn't measured it, but either the dude in the cover or the author name is off-center. It's not necessarily bad to make it off center, but in this case, Ai-chan thinks it's best for both to be centered. Right now, either the dude is slightly to the right or the author name is slightly to the left.
That's all, there's nothing really wrong with the cover and it's common enough to see similar covers in bookstores. Oh but the content does need to conform to the cover. Your cover is attracting the serious type of readers and if your story is a weeb isekai harem, your audience will likely leave trollish reviews.
LOL. I would love nothing more than to do this, but it wouldn't take readers long to realize they've been baited and leave bad reviews.
Ah, I for sure know how it feels getting a book, being hyped to read it due to the cover only to be disappointed by the content. I will try my very best to keep it faithful to what the cover hints.
Well... it is mostly fantasy, but the main theme of the whole story will be loneliness. After all, someone who lives too long will eventually see all their loved ones die and be alone. However, it does have elements of horror, just later on. For the few pages I've written it's still a bit tame.
Yeah... my background is in the traditional world of publishing. I never got any book published, but all I know about writing and making books are geared towards that world, so I still tend to be too serious in my approach. I don't know if it's good or bad, but I will try my best to at least make what I write interesting.
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Doesn't attract me at all, but that's because it doesn't look like the kind of story I'd enjoy.
Only feedback I can give for it is the same that you have already been given. The upper part of the cover looks way too empty.
Only feedback I can give for it is the same that you have already been given. The upper part of the cover looks way too empty.
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Or anime girl with big tits with a massive penis. Then a lot more people will click on it
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This person has cracked the code!
But seriously speaking, it would be better to take a night picture, i believe
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Looks like an actual published novel cover would see at a library. But looks of a mystery genre. More just curious mystery than horror or solemn mood (for the loneliness your character goes through).
Hmm... Try longer title that sums up the whole story. e.g. "I reincarnated as an eternal? Oh no, My waifu might be trying to kill me." that kind of title or perhaps longer.
Joking aside, yes, lots of spaces. maybe darken the font (eternal) a little more. And a lil bigger...? Sure it gives a lonely vibe but lacking in the "darker/tragic" tone if that's what you're aiming for. Will I pick up the book from the shelves? Maybe. Will I click on it in web fiction format? I dunno.Or Waifus in lewd attires, maybe.
P.S. I'm no cover artist by the way but this is my perspective if I were a reader.
Joking aside, yes, lots of spaces. maybe darken the font (eternal) a little more. And a lil bigger...? Sure it gives a lonely vibe but lacking in the "darker/tragic" tone if that's what you're aiming for. Will I pick up the book from the shelves? Maybe. Will I click on it in web fiction format? I dunno.
P.S. I'm no cover artist by the way but this is my perspective if I were a reader.
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Outliving companions is sad and interesting. Especially if its intertwined with wholesome meaning.
There are great stuffs on that theme : Frieren at the funeral and https://motokare.xyz/reader/series/yuusha-go-ikkou-no-kaerimichi/
Frieren's covers looks like calm moment of meditation in a fantasy forest rather than looking plainly bleak.
Its hard to make a cover so I think staying blurry and abstract like you do is the best bet. If you want to change to tone of your cover it would probably by playing with hue and contrast. You could even play with the title font and color.
The gloomy green shadow does its job at signaling that there's going to be hardship depression but the gloomy fog feels like that there is no redeeming to Life lol
There are great stuffs on that theme : Frieren at the funeral and https://motokare.xyz/reader/series/yuusha-go-ikkou-no-kaerimichi/
Frieren's covers looks like calm moment of meditation in a fantasy forest rather than looking plainly bleak.
Its hard to make a cover so I think staying blurry and abstract like you do is the best bet. If you want to change to tone of your cover it would probably by playing with hue and contrast. You could even play with the title font and color.
The gloomy green shadow does its job at signaling that there's going to be hardship depression but the gloomy fog feels like that there is no redeeming to Life lol