Answer this... What Is Your Opinion?

I vote for 4.

I really like #2

I like #1 the best. As far as problems I don't really see any, maybe you can split test it by doing this cover with this title and a different more catchy title for the book and see what woks best.

Good luck Don!

Gengis

Number 1 draws in the eyes more I think. You should try the Tim Ferriss's method of split testing book covers by seeing which one gets clicked on more. I believe it was simple tests like this that contributed to some of his success.

#2 really connected with me at first sight!

Hey Don,

I'm with Alexa about #3. The absence of the smiling teeth. More than that, "How to Feel Good" stands out more than in the others. I think that will capture attention.

I also agree with the premise that much about success, in any area, has a direct correlation with how you feel about your self.

Give us a shout when it's available to purchase.

Thanks,

Ken

I normally agree with Alexa..........But I am afraid that #2 works best for me.

My vote goes with #2

#2 is the most Professional one out of the 4 and very Eye catching Too.

Well, #2 does look more professional but please don't use Bevel and Emboss. Out of those 4, I guess :\

#3 as it stands.
#2 if the smile showed less dentures.

or maybe #5

I like #4 but instead of the smile (which is a bit cheesy IMO) I'd like to see a headshot of a smiling person. The colors of white/yellow really work for me. Like the way they pop together.

Bonnie

I like either 2 or 4 but, I would darken the red on the lips, but that is just my opinion

al

I prefer #1. I find the white stripe on the other 3 breaks up the text and makes them harder to skim read.

Had to be #2, it definitely looks the most professional

#1.

However, none of them are optimized for Kindle. When any of those covers are shrunken to thumbnail size your name won't be legible and it will be hard for the reader to know what the book is about because the subtitle will be barely legible if at all.

I think that the #1 is the best, go with that one it's the best.

I'll vote for #2

It's eye catching and easy to read and understand at the same time.

Since this is an opinion question, I'm answering before anyone else's answer influences mine.

If those are my four choices, I pick #2. Given the option, I would make the two 3D lines with the same effect. The red text with the black drop shadow hits me more than the other effect. #1 is too monochromatic - all I really notice is a big block of yellow. #3, #4, the 3D text washes out for me.

Edit: Now that I've read through the other comments, I agree with travlinguy about the subtitle washing out in a thumbnail. And I believe the cartoon dog is a copyrighted and trademarked comic strip character, which would need to be licensed...

I think #1 is the best.

Cover #2. Most eye-catching.

And if you don't mind... is the Warrior Book (Kindle Publishing/Brainstorming) forum active at all? From "outside" it doesn't look like the Thread or Post count has budged for some time.

Congrats and good luck on your launch.

#4 looks good to me !

I like #2 although what travlinguy said should be considered and the cover reworked.

Also, you don't need to wait for KDP select to be over to get your book into print - the exclusivity restriction for select applies to electronic copies of your book only. Some of my print books outsell the kindle version by a significant amount so don't wait to publish it in print.

I go for number 2. I find number 1 a bit harsh with that all over yellow.

I vote for #2.

#1 with #2 as a close second.

I prefer #3 out of the choices, but let me give my honest first impression of all of them: they look very dated to me, because they remind me of book covers of the 1950s. I would prefer something with nicer graphics; maybe a good pic of a happy person or group, also I'd prefer the title was more specific; like "30 Days To A Happier Life" with sub: "Feeling Great About Yourself In 7 Simple Steps", or something like that.

Team #2 Pic!

I go for number 2 but I would put the bottom text into the yellowed area.
Interesting and catchy cover though! Good luck with the release.

# 2 / where's the poll at the top to keep score ?

#2 is best

2 and if you choose it give me a review copy

Number 2 ... and we all expect you to divulge what your "system" is for all the help we've given you.

Aaaaannnnnnd here come the votes from Iceland. 4

Personally, #3.

The promise is clearer and easier to see. It will actually be readable on thumbnails.

Number 3, but you should put the smile, but small on the bottom right

#2 is the best imo. I like the text wrapping around, bigger font, and the yellow highlights. Nice combo with that one.

I disagree with everyone who likes #3. It's a boring ecover without the mouth.

I prefer 3, mostly because I don't really like the smile.

Hey Don.. Go with # 2 ..It stands out the best !

Also, remember that you are asking the opinion of Internet Marketers, most of whom do a lot of copywriting with minimal graphics on the page (not all, of course, but certainly the majority).

But just use some common sense. If you have a plain ecover like #3 and you have it listed with other ebooks, how many people do you think are going to actually hone in on that ecover? Probably damn few.

But the mouth, like it or not, draws attention so that the ecover stands a chance of having the title and subtitles read. And the wrap of the text in #2 naturally makes the eyes follow the text on down.

Bigger is also better when it comes to titles, and that's why #4 is not as good #2. And you don't want all yellow as in #1.

So again, my opinion is you will have a greater chance of attracting some attention with #2.

Wow! Thank you everyone.

I ran out of "thanks" at post #18.

The original cover (not shown here) was one I wanted to use just for the Kindle book image at Amazon, and contained only the title and one subtitle. I realize the covers I put here at the WF are the wrong proportions for Kindle.

I almost fell out of the chair laughing at retsced's version. Too funny.

I am of mixed mind (or mixed up mind) over the Cheshire Cat cheesy smile. It does pull the eye, but with what message?

I found good stock photos of smiles, most are of women. Since I believe the market for this book is both male and female, I might be able to use a photo of a group of smiling people.

Cory, why not bevel, and what would be better? I'm always learning.

Lee, thank you. I didn't realize KDP Select only applied to electronic. The images here are in a 4:5 aspect ration, and I will want to go with 6x9 for printed.

My wife doesn't care for the teeth. Perhaps I should draw a key on them and have "wind-up" teeth.

Images do pull the eye, but I'm not sure what to use there.

I did look at the printed books, bestsellers at Amazon in this catagory, and among the top 60 books, 24 (40%) had cartoon drawings.

Let me go polish my flipping-coin so I can decide - heads/tails. Ah, perhaps adwords ads to test a couple different titles, and send people to make a book cover choice.

Keep the ideas coming. I'm still reading.

:-Don

#2 and #4 are the best ones, but out of that I vote for #2, has a cleaner look and feel

I feel number 2 is the best.
1 has to much yellow and 3 really would look better with a smile
Between 2 and 4, 2 is more visible.

#1

Keep It Simple, Silly.

2, but I'm not sure why.

that would be 4

Thank you. Keep them coming. I'll show you all the scores in a couple days from now.

I am ordering a set of drawings of cartoon faces (head & shoulders) to see how they look as compared to the smiling dentures! Then I will stick each of 3 covers (teeth, faces, no drawing) on web pages and throw some adwords at them.

"More will be revealed."

:-Don

I like #1 - eye catching

I prefer 3, because "happy fast" is not too intuitive to me. but the bigger "how to feel good about yourself...." makes sense.

I like 4 the best. But all of the ones with a smile would be okay

I don't know that its my 'favourite' as such but my eye was drawn to #1. All yellow might not look savvy but it's attention grabbing for that reason. I also found it the easiest to read the title and description, which is what you want, because that's what's likely to get people to click on it.

I can only speak for myself, but I buy at least a couple of kindle books a week, and I couldn't care less what the actual cover looks like. The content is what draws me in, because once they hit my kindle it's all white pages and text anyway.

Not that we should have crappy covers or anything, but I guess what I'm saying is that getting the attention of buyers scanning search results is pretty important.

# 1 biggest smile, black white and yellow are bold and yellow brings the happy feeling out the best. You see allen has always used red and black in most of his marketing (theres a method behind that man that works).

Edit: I would see how black works for the big letters you have in blue too just to see it.

To me.. all of the examples you gave are good. But if given a choice, I would go for #2.

Good luck with your publication.

I think number 2 is the best.

3rd and 4th are good to go with...

I like #2.

I vote for 3. The others look like teeth whitening adverts!...

The #4 is good.

I'd go for number 3. With all the others my eyes were immediately drawn to the scary-looking smile (I know it's not meant to be scary but personally it just gave me a bit of an "Ugh!" moment!). But with number 3 my eyes made a natural transition down the highlighted text - starting immediately with the title, naturally scanning down to the subtitle and then finishing by jumping to "The book that works!" at the bottom. All the best with your book! :-)

Which one did you pick Don?

RoD

I think #2 really pops out.

I go for #2.

That said, I think they all need optimizing. Mainly, they all look too crowded. I'd make the "Happy Fast" and that red text both smaller and then spread that extra unoccupied space around the image. The program used to create your cover should offer character spacing control and that might get you some more clean space too.

Also, yellow is not that popular. I haven't found a lot of info on western culture color popularity, but here is a graphic I created from one source:


Hope this helps...

_jim coe

I like #3. The yellow almost forces you to look at the white. The bolder title really jumps out and you don't get distracted with the big smile.

@Daniel Evans:

Yes, this was a study of interior paint color preferences in US residences. The survey question was asked in a general way though. I'm aware that it may not apply directly to web pages, but I couldn't find much other data. Do you know of any?

I do think the colors that people choose to surround themselves with day in and day out have a bearing though. I did a non-scientific inspection of the survey results vs popular websites and there does seem to be correlation. For example, a lot of deep pockets corporations favor blue - like Microsoft.

Sorry to drift off-topic here. Now back to the original poster's question...