I am having trouble making decisions today, so I thought I would ask for some help.
I’m not happy with the cover on my novella, Apple Blossom. The story of fighting my way through Cancer. The one I chose seems to be totally the wrong colour.
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second one with the words of the first one
Interesting!
Visually, I like the second one better, it’s stronger, but … if you hadn’t mentioned it was about your journey with cancer, I wouldn’t’ve known what the book was about. The new tag line offers a bit more info, but not the hook that it’s about cancer survival.
I didn’t include the hook, did I?
Part of it … ‘one woman’s courage’ … doesn’t tell a potential reader why and/or how this woman is courageous. It could be anything.
Right… perhaps I should change that then…
Second one!
Thank you!
I like the second one. The blossom against a dark background seems right.
Thank you Audrey! I prefer that one too, now I think about it, but yesterday…
I like the new one, the contrasting colors seem to pull me in more.
Thank you for helping!
The second cover is more striking, something about the positioning of the words, image and background draws your attention.
Thank you Jan…
My pleasure.
The first is gentler but the second more striking.
Good to know… thanks Richard!
Just bought it for my TBR via Kindle Unlimited!
Thank you Stevie! It might need another edit, if so, get back to me please?
Will do.
Hi Jaye. I prefer the second one. The contrast is better, and the lettering more ‘definite’. I wouldn’t worry about other colours as long as what you have shouts ‘health’ – which, to me, the second one does much more than the first.
Thank you Steve, what you say makes perfect sense!
I prefer the first one, although the picture seems strange for a cancer journey.
It was a strange journey, but maybe that first cover is wrong…
I like the second one.
I do too, today. Yesterday I couldn’t choose…
I’m going to ask the significance of the book title? To me blossom means: spring, new life, young life, new hope, new awareness. Apple says: wholesome, healthy, rosy, ‘apple a day keeps the doctor away’ stuff. Green says: health, new life, abundance.
Could this be why you’re not feeling the fit?
When I think of cancer I go towards the rotten apple side, the death of healthy cells.
Could you focus on the result of your fight? Like an Indian summer? Or a reemergence, or a spring/ summer flower blooming in winter?
Not sure? I’m just throwing some thoughts out there.
I lay under the image of apple blossom throughout my treatment, trying desperately to concentrate on being alive and healthy again. The blossom was and is, my inspiration, and it seems to be working!
Ah, I now understand the significance, could you add a second tag to the title then….Apple Blossom – My hope, my inspiration…. or something like that? A bit like a hook line as readers might then want to know the why.
Now, I like that very much… thank you Rosie…
Sorry, I’ve now been back and seen a hook in the second book cover – It is a well used one, could you think of a different one?
You are right of course, this was a difficult decision for me and none of it has been easy. Have you any suggestions?
How about… Fighting the canker within: my hopes, my fears, my inspiration….
Perhaps have it to the right hand side of the Apple Blossom title?
Sounds better already! Thank you Rosie, I’m off to change it now!
My initial reaction favors the warm green of the first cover. The second one is colder, yet presents a stronger image, thanks to the big blossom, and has a much stronger tag than the generic “my story.” Still, I’m not the buyer you’re targeting. Will be interesting to see how others weigh in here.
Thanks for the manly angle, Jnana…
They’re both good, Jaye, but the new one shows the text better :D
Thanks Chris… I appreciate your opinion!
I want to read that book. I love the second cover. First one is nice too, but the second one speaks to me somehow. xo
Lovely comments, Cyn!
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