Delicate Machinery Cover Question

poetry

7 Comments 06 January 2011

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which do you like better? The one to the left, or the one below? You can click on the covers to see larger versions.

A description of Anne and a link to her poetry is here.

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Maureen Doallas says:

January 6, 2011 at 10:02 pm

For me, there’s no question: the one below.

I love the title of the book! That phone is more than ancient, it’s clunky, which sets up a rather wonderful contrast with the title. And the cord is frayed, which also tells us something’s not working. It also sits a bit off, precariously, delicately.

The visual interest is just so much greater than that of the image on the left.

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Glynn says:

January 6, 2011 at 11:10 pm

I agree with Maureen – the bottom cover works the best. The telephone – dustry and old and decrepit as it might be – suggests poems that speak, even
imperfectly.

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katdish says:

January 6, 2011 at 11:19 pm

Okay, sorry. I like the first one. Not because I don’t love the image on the second one, but because it’s not a book I would pick up expecting to find poetry. I would pick it up expecting to find antiques. I might choose the 2nd one if not for the white space above and below the pic, however. I know it says “Poems” on there, but that’s not what my mind processed the second I looked at the cover. In the first one, the curved lines drew my eyes to the word Poems, making it immediately evident what the book was about

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Glynn says:

January 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Hmmm…Katdish has a point. The “Poems” is definitely more prominent in the first photo. And I didn’t think of an antique calatlog until she said it – and now it’s stuck inmy head. Hmm…

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L.L. Barkat says:

January 7, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Of course the author will get the final vote. I like both of them for different reasons. Thanks to Claire’s terrific photography, either one is gorgeous (in my humble opinion

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laura says:

January 7, 2011 at 10:05 pm

I am drawn to the first one…I think because the dark is mysterious and inviting to me. The circular pattern adds to the effect too. I love the second photo also just think the layout is less poetic.

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Marcus Goodyear says:

January 10, 2011 at 10:53 am

I figure it will be in a poetry section, or have the subtitle in the file name on amazon, so the second cover’s smaller “poems” doesn’t bother me.

Which means, as you might have guessed. I like cover #2. (But I think I’m batting 0% on choosing book covers lately.)

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