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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 13:02:56 GMT
I'm sure she didn't appreciate any negative comments. %100 sure. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 13, 2020 17:52:57 GMT
"I'm sure she didn't appreciate any negative comments. %100 sure."
Are you not reading the entire thread? The young lady is adjusting her cover according to suggestions. Well done her! Creative advice is not negative. Is that what you said to your teachers?
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Post by ronmiller on Aug 13, 2020 20:19:46 GMT
Deborahhinwi I checked out your very interesting book. Just 2 points. Ron Miller pointed out to me when I posted my book that I'd accidentally left off the apostrophe from my title. I think you have left it off " Oscar's Trees".Also I can hardly see your name and your title doesn't show too clearly either. Maybe another colour would show up better. However congratulations in posting your book. I hope your poetry book is coming along. Larika is absolutely correct. The title literally disappears. It needs to be much, much larger and in a color with more contrast. (The same goes for your name, too.) |
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Post by ronmiller on Aug 13, 2020 20:24:19 GMT
I've now seen some of the alternate cover suggestions. Kevin and Larika have made some significant improvements.
The one thing you should not be shy about on a book cover is the title. It needs to be readable...and readable at virtually any size the cover might appear. This means making large and making it stand out color and/or contrast-wise.
Take a browse through traditionally published children's books and you will get a good idea about how the type on the cover should be handled.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 15, 2020 0:36:28 GMT
It has to be remembered that children don't buy books, their parents buy them, hopefully to read to their children! So really the cover has to attract adults ("ooo that looks like an interesting thing to read to (fill in here)"). Especially if aimed at children from the age of two, who cannot read the cover text don't forget. Usually.
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Post by ronmiller on Aug 15, 2020 12:06:22 GMT
It has to be remembered that children don't buy books, their parents buy them, hopefully to read to their children! So really the cover has to attract adults ("ooo that looks like an interesting thing to read to (fill in here)"). Especially if aimed at children from the age of two, who cannot read the cover text don't forget. Usually. You are absolutely right about this. To be even more specific, the book has to appeal both to children and adults. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 12:45:07 GMT
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 15, 2020 21:39:29 GMT
It has to be remembered that children don't buy books, their parents buy them, hopefully to read to their children! So really the cover has to attract adults ("ooo that looks like an interesting thing to read to (fill in here)"). Especially if aimed at children from the age of two, who cannot read the cover text don't forget. Usually. You are absolutely right about this. To be even more specific, the book has to appeal both to children and adults.
My oldest son could be a bit annoying. Anything read to him he could fully remember, but he often insisted on having only his favs read to him, which was very boring for me. So, I often deviated from the actual words, and even tried to miss a page or two, but he noticed even the odd changed word. To be honest it was often myself who started to nod off first. Thankfully it was not long before he could read for himself. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 15, 2020 21:44:10 GMT
There's always exceptions. My oldest son started to read very early, and could hold down an adult conversation at the age of three. He was quite large for his age also, looked around 7, so when he acted his age while out shopping, people who give us disgusted looks.
But have you never wondered that a child's development reflects a parents' input? Plus, that the child is actually interested. Not all are.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2020 3:06:18 GMT
My son could read before he started school. However my daughter took longer and credit must go to her teacher who taught her to read. I'm not sure if very early reading is a sign of academic achievement but my son qualified as a barrister and my daughter dropped out of university after 2 years. However she is very intelligent.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Aug 16, 2020 12:22:52 GMT
My son could read before he started school. However my daughter took longer and credit must go to her teacher who taught her to read. I'm not sure if very early reading is a sign of academic achievement but my son qualified as a barrister and my daughter dropped out of university after 2 years. However she is very intelligent.
As just one example, one of my bro-in-laws hated school and spent much of his time bunking off, when he could reach the pedals of a car he would drive around Derbyshire as if in the Dukes of Hazard. Eventually he owned a haulage company starting with one truck, going on to 30 HGVs and servicing all the other HGV business around him, lives in a 1.5 mill house and is happily now retired.
That story is not unusual, there's many who reached great success with little education, or even interest in reading.
One of my sons, an avid reader from an early age and very clever, has a Degree, but he has no real aims, and works in a Help call centre.
Some chap said that all that a genius is, is a clever person who works very hard. |
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