Yes!

And publishing companies believe the fact that *Jodi Picoult* said the book is "riveting!" should somehow move the consumer to purchase. Like no🙃🤦🏽‍♀️

I work in publishing as a designer and was surprised when I first found out why they do this-believe it or not it’s for the book sellers’ buyers more than it is for the customers. The buyers for B&N, Amazon, Target, small book shops, etc. look at the blurbs. Hard covers will pretty much always have the blurbs on the back and the summary on the inside flap. Trade paperbacks will have a mixture of both. Same for Mass Market.

AGREE 100%!

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i’m so god i’m not the only one. i hate real people on covers

I can relate to this 100%

Thank you! For saying this

i'm 99.9% behind you on this one simply because the og version of big little lies is . so bad and the one with the miniseries cover is honestly not that bad - cropped a little lower and the pink font... mwah

the only people-covers I enjoy is if they look like a real-life photograph from someones photo book. otherwise, overly-posed pictures of whether an epic girl with a sword on a fantasy book cover, or a guy with a naked torso on romance book cover look silly and unpleasant.

I second this

yesssss!

oh yess

Great idea 😄👌🏻

Watership Down

THANK YOU

@@ArielBissett I'm commenting on every video so you get that beautious article couch. Please review it when you get it cause I want one too :)

I came here to say the same thing! It's so exciting to see what will appear next 😂

Yes, that is what i was thinking, too.

One that immediately comes to my mind is *The Queen of Hearts* by Kimmery Martin. It has got one of the most gorgeous covers I've seen. A medical drama. Not necessarily terrible terrible but definitely not one of those stories I'll cherish for yrs n yrs to come; easily forgettable (at least to me). But the cover and writing were saviors! P.S. it could be just a me-thing, since I shy away from any kind of drama🤷‍♀️ & the book had a lot of it + an unlikable/flawed main character.

......... that would make a lot of sense when you look at some of these 🙈

@@ArielBissett You know, he also said that they always hand in a bunch of ideas/drafts to the publisher to pick from. So I am just wondering how the other options looked like if they picked these?😆 Maybe we got lucky just dont know or publishers have weird taste. 😅

Eszter This is correct! They receive a creative brief with a summary, key words, images, colors, etc. That brief could include things that the publisher wants to avoid as well. Sometimes instead of a summary, it’s a sample chapter, or a few sample chapters. And of course, some designers commit themselves to reading the entire work before designing a cover. They work up a bunch of rough options and then go through several rounds of covers that the publishers weigh in on. Even the sales/marketing team will weigh in on the marketability of the cover.

@@cgoiq19 Thank you😊 I find it so interesting to sneak peak into different jobs😊 It's nice to have a look behind the curtains, but maybe I am just very nosy😆

Hello! I work as a designer at a publishing house. We often don’t even have finished manuscripts when we are assigned books. I always try to read whatever material I’m given. 🙈

this is high level thinking haha

@@ArielBissett Thank you 😂 Join me in the natural selection of paper books

or you just get a hardcover so you can take off the dust cover

OKAY I LOVE THIS IDEA, time to implement it

I do this a lot too!!!

I didn’t know that! That’s really cool

That’s an unfortunately long list 😭

I always think French books look so serious 🙈 It gives bookshops are really different vibe.

oooo I'll look it up!!

I loved that video! I discovered one of my favorite horror books because they featured it!💕

That's so cool!

how and where do i find a job like that? I'm in college for graphic design and I have no idea how to find an interesting job after. :(

wanderer build your portfolio up with book cover work. Maybe do side projects where you re-design covers for you favorite books. The hardest part is getting your foot in the door. Try to find an internship or apprenticeship with a publishing house-keep in mind this is difficult to do without living in NYC where the big 5 publishing houses are located. Look at book spines and learn the imprints/publishing houses. A college press is another good place to get experience and those can be found all over. I had a difficult time getting into book design even though that was my dream so I started out in magazine design. I got a couple of years under my belt and then applied for every single publishing house I could think of. My magazine experience translated well to book design. Then my current boss took a chance on me and hired me despite my living outside NY (again it’s really hard to get a job here if you don’t live in the city). Also look at other cover designers’ work and learn all you can. Some of my favorites are Jaya Miceli, Na Kim, Stephen Brayda, Rodrigo Corral, Oliver Munday, and Matt Dorffman. But there are so many other amazing designers. Other good cover design resources are spinemagazine.co and The Casual Optimist. Best of luck on your journey! Enjoy every moment you can. ❤️

WHAT! DEAL!! ♥️♥️♥️

I'm so curious if Ariel got her pretty Isabel Allende book lol

Absolutely! I didn’t want to include every single translated cover since we’d be here all day but it’s always worth looking!

Yes! I've loved books shown on booktube and looked them up on good reads and they often have a blah cover shown on there🥴

😭 thank you!

@@ArielBissett I just got to the part about 10 reasons for deleting your social media accounts and I read it a few days ago because of you and absolutely loved it! I wish from the bottom of my heart that everyone would read it.

🥲 thank you for always watching!

i can die happily now :D

ha so true!

THIS IS SO TRUE. I refused to buy that book because the cover is so creepy!! I finally found a different cover that still isn't GOOD (it's like a shield?) but at least didn't freak me out and it was a great book! What a shame!

Aw, like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree but with books :)

thank you!!!!

Yes please that would be a great topic for sure

Lol I am the opposite of you. Nothing gets me going like a beautiful edition. It’s so aesthetically satisfying to me when they all go together. 😍 penguin black spines and penguin English library are my favorite editions.

lol

What do you visualize?

I ended up cutting out a three minute speech where I talked about fonts and paper types and book sizes because it was already so long but I AGREE

So, do you agree they're bad covers? That's what creates that impact, I think.

@@emilymartin5418 I like the simple covers but yes, they are bad