Goblin Novella cover rough!

[ursulav]

So this is my initial rough for the cover of the Goblin Novella.

It’s got a white background. That’s the bit that I am wavering most on.

A) The art looks best on white. So if I want to use this art, at least a chunk of it has to be white.

B) Very few trade book covers are white.

C) That either means it will stand out or look HORRIBLY AMATEURISH.

D) I

Comments

[ursulav]

If you hit "View Image" it'll pop up on a dark background (I think) and that may tell you about clearances?

[fadethecat]

I think it looks pretty snappy! But this is also a big shiny image of it. If you resize it down into a few tiny thumbnails, like the size people see when browsing lists of book results on Amazon, that might give a better idea of how it'll stand out, for better or worse, among those covers.

[eglantine_br]

I like it. Were you thinking to put a border? The white would look fine with that too. Either way, I think what people will remember is the goblin with the flag. She is awesome!

[zargon]

That's actually a question I have. Not having read the book, I seemed to think the goblin was female. Was it the ponytail, the goofy grin, the breasts, the phallic pole (as others have mentioned)? Can you get away with topless female goblins in e-publishing?

[ursulav]

This is technically a male goblin--one of the generals. Although I'm thinking of removing the nipples, because...err...just in case.

[zargon]

Yeah, someone else mentioned that it was a general so from that I assumed male. But I have no idea how to tell the male goblins from the females. Yeah, if this is supposed to be a PG rated novella then removing the nipples might be necessary.

You *WILL* let us know when this is readily available, yes?

[jimhines]

I like it. For whatever that's worth...

[batwrangler]

I like it a lot but find the plain white a little stark.