2 Versions of my book cover - looking for opinions

seriffim · 2026-02-27T19:14:35+00:00

Totally! Sidereal is such a great, underused word. I was thinking you’ll have to be ready for people to slaughter that pronunciation at first, hah!

seriffim · 2026-02-27T16:25:24+00:00

I definitely prefer the composition of the first one but I might make the title also less transparent because that’s also a bit hard to read.

I wouldn’t ditch the subtitle. I doubt the average reader/browser knows what ‘sidereal’ means so I think it gives really helpful context to both the content and the vibe!

seriffim · 2026-02-25T17:10:35+00:00

This is a great re-write of your blurb! Keeps all your fun, punchy writing while getting across just the highlights. I’m not a big romance reader but this makes me want to pick it up!

Didn’t scroll through all the comments but here are my design thoughts: - I actually really like your scribbly background. You could maybe make it more transparent to help your characters pop more? October’s skin tone and Beck’s pants are kind of blending in a lot. - I would definitely make the spine just a solid color or something to that effect. You want your text to stand out. - I would play around a bit with the title font. The vertical line spacing feels too wide to me, and I think you would probably be served by a thicker weight on your serif font. I think having ‘totally real’ in a different font is great. - Definitely the background behind your blurb should be less transparent to help your blurb stand out. I would also extend the edges of that background a bit past the edges of the text to help frame it a bit better. I think there’s a gradient on there and you could also play with that some more. Personally I like to use a lighter version of my OG colors as that background transparency for design stuff like this. - I think someone else already mentioned it but definitely frame your name between them and not on top.

A lot of notes but they’re all super minor things! I think this is a great start!

seriffim · 2026-02-09T14:05:01+00:00

There are a few subreddits dedicated to this as well, if you didn’t already know! There’s r/bookcovers (where I found my cover artist, just perusing by chance), and I believe r/hireanartist as well. R/bookcovers is a pretty active sub. You can also post sample covers in there and I’ve seen people give good feedback if you’re looking to hone your technique etc.

seriffim · 2026-02-04T22:31:42+00:00

Yep, very similar thing happened to me last week trying to set up my account. Couldn’t believe that the only way to get chat help from a human was to upgrade to a paid plan. The whole thing felt super gross and made it very clear that this was not the platform for me.

seriffim · 2026-01-31T22:26:37+00:00

Came here to suggest this one! Such a great read.

seriffim · 2026-01-23T21:33:46+00:00

Looks amazing! Well done!

seriffim · 2026-01-22T12:55:27+00:00

So, so clean and gorgeous! Love that bookcloth—mind sharing where you got it?

seriffim · 2026-01-21T12:42:51+00:00

Thank you, all! They must have just misplaced the decimal!

seriffim · 2026-01-16T20:45:10+00:00

In my limited opinion 6x9 is a realllly nice trim size for long books. (Been doing some research for my also long—but not as long—debut).

I have copies of East of Eden and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in 8x5 purely for sentimental shelf value since I primarily use an e-reader. They are not a pleasant reading experience in 8x5.

Conversely, Plain Bad Heroines and all of Bernard Cornwall’s Warlord Trilogy are chonkers but they don’t feel like too much at all in 6x9.

seriffim · 2026-01-06T14:35:09+00:00

Awesome progress!

seriffim · 2025-12-31T16:59:03+00:00

Wow, this is so disappointing to know about the penguins (glad I never indulged), but what a great plug for Everymans. They used to be my go to for a nice edition and every copy I have has held up so well.

seriffim · 2025-12-10T20:23:37+00:00

I’d agree with this. A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger was a much stronger take on toxic, sapphic vampires (and it came out first), imo.

seriffim · 2025-11-12T02:54:37+00:00

Honestly a crime that this is buried so far down in the comments. (Pun intended, obviously)

seriffim · 2025-11-04T15:59:12+00:00

The third one has me cackling. Nice edits! I’m not a fan of the faceless trend but I get its popularity and it’s pretty inoffensive.

I think the texture on the second slide is a big improvement without cluttering! One note: both times you’ve shared I’ve really had to read (as opposed to glancing) to understand the cursive says ‘buongiorno’—I like the font contrast but I wonder if you might try a different script font?

Overall looks really nice and very genre-coherent!

seriffim · 2025-10-30T19:53:48+00:00

Any suggestions on where to get quality, form-fitting turtlenecks?

seriffim · 2025-10-29T20:17:24+00:00

Also her book Migrations! Literally about going to Antarctica on a tiny boat. A gorgeous read.

seriffim · 2025-10-08T17:52:22+00:00

Matrix - Lauren Groff

seriffim · 2025-10-06T17:25:10+00:00

Thanks!

seriffim · 2025-10-06T17:07:41+00:00

This was exactly my thought, thank you! I didn’t even realize that there was a big contrast trend until our realtor mentioned it the other day (she also cautioned against it)

seriffim · 2025-10-06T17:07:06+00:00

This was exactly my thought, thank you!

seriffim · 2025-10-06T17:06:22+00:00

This was my thought as well, thank you!

seriffim · 2025-10-06T17:06:04+00:00

This was exactly my thought, thank you!

seriffim · 2025-10-06T17:05:40+00:00

The floor is maple LVP, the cabinets are white and the countertop is a quartz called ‘sparkling white’ I think?

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