Existing Book Covers for my Book Selections

 While searching existing book covers fro the three books that  I chose, I've seen a similar theme between all of them.

• They are all very straight forward and uses objects and important scenes written in the book in order to covey a clear message to the readers what kind of book they are about to read.
• I also think they effectively convey the genre of the books through their use of typography, which relates to the periods and era's that they books were written in.

• The focus on the female and a stone background depicts an important part of the story which may intrigue the readers to read the book.
• The sue of contrasting colours to give importance to the title of the and author is effective.
• There is a clear hierarchy on which information is the most to least important and having the information spread out vertically with the author's name being the biggest will automatically make the readers read down to the title of the book; and having the design on the centre effectively ties all the information together for the readers to understand and get a gist of what it's about without looking at the blurb at the back.

• These two use the same title however with very different feel.
• The first one being very illustrative and 'hand-made', from the drawing and the type of font used. 
• The Penguin cover on the other hand looks very modern and uses more stable and 'modern' typeface. You can also notice  it doesn't conform to the Marker grid that is frequently used for Penguin books, making it look very different compared to the rest of the Penguin books and stand out.
• However, both book covers played out the designs almost covering the entire page, making it look quite 'tied' together.

• The use of serif type effectively reference the period the story was written, and gives the book a 'classic' vibe. 
• It is quite unbalanced, with the title very big compared to the picture and name of the author. I think this cover may not be as effective layout wise, as the title kind of overshadows everything else on the page. 

• These are not book covers, but rather film poster for the film adaptation the book, however it still adapts a similar way to how book covers are set out. 
• They have a clear structure of hierarchy between the importance of information provided which can guide the audience through reading the posters.
• It also uses illustrations which are quite object based and are important aspects of the book, which can attract the audience and give them a clear idea of what it's about just by through the objects.