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Cover design

Unread postPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:39 pm
by bourbonv
I am going to try to attach the cover design for my book. Let us hope this works.

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:45 pm
by bourbonv
It does seem to have worked. Opinions?

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:11 pm
by fricky
I like it except there seems to be too many bubbles

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:13 am
by bourbonv
Any other opinions?

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:44 am
by fricky
This is probably easier said than done. A photograph of bourbon in your Glencairn glass after swirling showing the legs would be great.

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:05 pm
by NeoTexan
I agree...too many bubbles. I did not read others comments before looking and they were the first thing I noticed and considered changing.
Fricky has the idea. Perhaps using a liquid that looks like bourbon but has a greater viscosity?

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:12 pm
by bourbonv
Thanks Col.Dale. I should say this is what the University Press has decided will be the cover. I would like to hear your opinions. i have had several people mention the bubbles.
Mike

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:29 pm
by bunghole
Not to be unkind, but meh = bland = ho hum = so what. :| So about as blah as you can get. Bourbon is the exact opposite. I would reject this cover, and demand they do better. :blackeye:

Doesn't the U of L have any artists at all?

So Sad. :cry:

:arrow: St. Bunghole :angel7:

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:49 am
by bourbonv
Linn,
I knew I could depend upon you for an honest opinion. I take it from the silence of the others they share your opinion. The truth is i am not a big fan of the cover design. the bubbles are wrong and the whole design looks more like a wine tasting book than a bourbon history. That said, I am stuck with this as the university Press of Kentucky thinks it is the best they have ever seen.

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:16 am
by vince
Mike

Too many bubbles in the bourbon. I think having a rackhouse with maybe a bottle of bourbon and a full glencairn glass sitting on a bourbon barrel may set a better mood. Also, maybe a whiskey thief pouring the bourbon into a glass

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:28 am
by bourbonv
I sent them this. They are adament on their design.

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:06 pm
by GaryV
It looks to me like they're trying to sell to the flavored vodka crowd. Your picture certainly better represents what the book is about (just add an old bottle and a shot glass). Marketing at its finest :?

P.S. I'll be buying the book regardless of the cover

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:34 am
by vince
Mike

Yours is so much better but regardless, I am buying the book!

Looking forward to it!

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:01 pm
by Bourbon Joe
Mike,
I don't like it (I also don't like the University Press). Too modern. Too splashy. Too many bubbles. Keep it simple and they will come.
Joe

Re: Cover design

Unread postPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:10 am
by gillmang
The first cover you linked Mike is fine, a very nice design. But why were bubbles shown in the whiskey? This seems atypical of how any whiskey looks in the glass.

Gary