Book Cover Review

A Town Like Alice

The illustration for this design matches the typography of the title well giving it an old fashioned feeling. Having the subtitle as a smaller font and white in colour almost makes it disappear into the background of the illustration making it difficult to read. The imagery and typography are well balanced throughout the design making it a good book cover. If I was going to change the cover I would re position the subtitle so that it becomes much easier to read. The vertically orientated text in the bottom corners I would move so that it is flat across the bottom of the cover.

True History of the Kelly Gang

I do like this book cover and think that it is very well designed. The first attraction to this book cover is a family photo showing a typical lifestyle of the time. On the top of the design is the author's name in a clear font and at the bottom of the design is the title of the book. Title appears as if it is scratched into the photo on the cover which gives the viewer a feeling that it is a rough and broken story. It is an image dominant design that works well the the typography.

For the Term of His Natural Life

This cover design does not appeal as being well designed to me. The typography is clear and easy to read but has a huge bright yellow background which is overpowering and completely draws all the attention off the image below. The image on the cover is not very engaging to the viewer and does not provide the viewer with an immediate sense of what the book is about. It could be improved by taking out the yellow background behind the text and incorporating the title and author typography into the cover more.