VOTING HAS ENDED.
You get to choose the cover of my forthcoming novel! Go to the Otherworld Publications voting page and vote for your favorite Stranger Will cover. Seriously, the winner is the winner. No Florida re-counts here (dated reference, I know).
I do like one more than the others. But which one, I won’t say. The novel is set to be released on March 18th, 2010. Voting ends on November 30th. That means if I don’t get the cover I want, I have 3 1/2 months to cry about it.
Click here to vote.
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| 1-Vertical Bench, white | 2 – Birds on Wires, red |
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| 3 – Snowy Bench, shadow title | 4 – Snowy Bench, floating title |
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| 5 – Mirror Trees, sideways title | 6 – Mirror Trees, wraparound title |
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Number one to win it; it’s the least “Barnes and Noble”-y which suits you in the best possible way.
It’s all about SIX.
I actually like 3 the best, because the letters draw you in to the photo without overshadowing the guy in the background. Number 4, however, has the broadest appeal. Easy to read, grabs you. You only have a second to get their attention, etc. 5 seems a bit too much like an album cover, 6 requires too much work on the shopper’s part to figure the book out. Aside from a tree and the connecting lines, these are all vastly different. How do you want the potential reader to feel upon seeing the book?
Scratch that, I just figured #1 out and I like it the best, but maybe with a different font.
Number two Caleb. Definitely.
Got to be numer 6 especially after reading it. Though the mail wall comes back in the bottom two and I don’t really want to agree with RT to be honest.
That was a tough choice. Option 1 is very arresting, but I went with Option 6 because it’s beautiful. I haven’t read Stranger Will, but the stories from Charactered Pieces were haunting, another reason for Option 6.
I think 6 and 1 are the best of these. The font isn’t as good in 5. 1 might stand out best on a bookshelf, so I’m voting for 1.
2 and 3 are my least favorite. 2 is just grating on the eyes, and the title is hard to read in 3. 4 is good but kinda generic.
Caleb,
Not to casue controversy–and apparently I don’t get an ARC? I see how it goes–but not number 6. My money goes to number one, hardcore–maybe tweak the lettering if such a thing is possible, even lay it sideways up like the bench in a single line of text with a slow fade to almost nothing starting with a thick S into a whisper of the last L–but the image and construction and etc. etc. is the best. Not number 6, even 5 is better than 6.
…I see how it is…I see how it is…
Either 4 or 6. But I think 6 – it’s the strangest.
#4. It’s probably the most traditonal, but I’m a sucker for snow.
Thanks, guys. Different opinions all around. I won’t say my fav, for fear of jinxing something, but I will say that word on the street is that my choice sucks.
I liked them all, brother. It was hard to choose!
Damn, these are all sweet. I love #4 and #5.
@Pablo – You are definitely on my list of ARC-getters, I assure you. I haven’t talked with the publisher about me getting any say in where the ARCs go, but if I can’t leverage one for you, know that you will definitely get a copy straight from me.
I like 1, 4 and 6 the best with heavy emphasis on number 1. Actually, #1 stands out to me the most.
Oh they’re all so lovely!
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