[emigre]

I have some feedbak, nothing major, but I would say that a professional designer could help you improve the book cover. Right now somebody with professional experience in graphic design --or a good eye for design-- can probably see details in it that could be improved. It's a pity if you have worked on this for five years, not to present it in the best possible way.

[cdegroot]

Yup. I'm not happy with the design. Some promised assistance fell through and so I had to scramble last minute. I've seen worse though :)

(Specific tips on improving the current design welcome, most stores allow edits)

[emigre]

Definitely don't worry too much about it. I did not want to sound negative, it's just the first thing that came to mind as feedback. I haven't had the time to read the book, only had time to look at the cover, haha. :D

[emigre]

Yes, yes, definitely, it's okay. I like the design, actually. :) But it would be nice to have the touch of a professional, if you can.

I would say that your choice of cover design as a whole denotes elegance and taste. Look at the cover design of graphic designer Manuel Estrada:

https://estradadesign.eu/project/alianza-editorial/

Your cover remind me of that kind of style.

There are some details about the typeface, layout, and the photograph that, as somebody with a certain background in graphic design, I can perceive as a little bit off.

[globular-toast]

One thing you could to do the cover to immediately improve it is add margins to the title text, especially to the top. The subtitle is also too long, "ever created" is superfluous. And you shouldn't capitalise the H in history; either make the whole thing title case, or normal sentence case (we don't capitalise nouns or use capitalisation for emphasis in English).

Disclaimer: I'm not a professional, but you did ask ;)

[wk_end]

The cover design is nice enough IMO, but it definitely looks like a self-help book or something rather than a technical monograph.

The image on the site has incorrect capitalization ("A History of..."), though the one on Amazon appears to be corrected.

[cdegroot]

It's the eBook cover for Kobo which I used there. Thanks, I'll go and fix it tonight.

[DerArzt]

It's more likely that they focused on the book's content rather than the cover art for 5 years

[emigre]

I have not said that he should spend five years focusing on the cover of the book.