Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Reflection 5

      I think the way I'm going to go about this is listing book covers then explaining why they are bad or good in their own ways. I don't think generalizing things about what makes a good or bad book cover would be fair considering something might work in other contexts. The book with a cat and a ring of fire with a title of Virgin Heat is just...I don't even know. The cover has literally nothing to do with the title or probably the book. I mean maybe on the other side of things, that could be the thing that makes you want to read this book. Like, why is there a cat and a ring of fire and what does it have to do with Virgin Heat? The cover on the left I think to me would be a good book cover, it's simple and works with the book as far as relevance. The text is clear and understandble. I just think that you can normally tell between a good and a bad book cover. Good ones having elements that people like and you can tell had thought put into it and then you can tell between bad ones that are just plain bad.



2 comments:

  1. I agree with you on your point about how different covers work in different contexts. But I also thought your analysis of the cover of "Virgin Heat" was interesting as well. It is a strange cover but perhaps that is precisly what makes people want to read it.

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  2. I also agree that different book covers could work with different books and their circumstances but the "virgin Heat" one is just weird and doesnt tell anything about the book.

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