Comments on: Filled with Glee: Cover Poll

By: Smart Pop Books — Upcoming Smart Pop Titles, June to December

Smart Pop Books — Upcoming Smart Pop Titles, June to December — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:30:47 +0000

[...] teased a few of our upcoming books (by asking you to vote on covers and, of course, running that contest for our Dollhouse anthology), but today we’re [...]

By: Smart Pop Books — Judging books by their covers (or, what makes a book cover “great”)

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:27:40 +0000

[...] couple of cover polls we’ve done have been a great opportunity for the former. But our most recent cover poll, for Filled With Glee, also struck me as a great opportunity to do the latter: talk a little bit [...]

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:36:05 +0000

Fair enough! And maybe it’s actually Quinn’s megaphone, anyway.

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:18:23 +0000

Both cents are very much appreciate. I had the same uneasiness about using Sue/Cheerios-related imagery for the cover . . . but it does do a great job of making sure everyone who walks past it knows what the book is about!

By: Smart Pop Books — Filled With Glee: Winning Cover

Smart Pop Books — Filled With Glee: Winning Cover — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:09:00 +0000

[...] for all your comments on our Filled With Glee cover poll (positive and negative)! The winner by a pretty significant [...]

By: Kj

Kj — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:20:35 +0000

I agree that the megaphone is a somewhat “anti-glee” symbol- but as far a graphic dynamic- the yellow megaphone is more attention grabbing. the star is a a little small

By: Andrew Zimmerman Jones

Andrew Zimmerman Jones — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:08:35 +0000

I, too, have to admit that I’m not terribly impressed. I would lean toward something with a person’s torso in it (the head cut off, but clearly supposed to be someone from the show – probably Kurt), perhaps doing jazz hands or something … or maybe show a picture of the legs and feet of a bunch of people on risers, which would elicit the show choir feel. Just some ideas.

Based just on what I’m seeing, I overall agree – I like the red and yellow motif, but actually like the green graphic a bit better.

Also, as a pet peeve … I don’t like that the title is in lowercase. I’d say the only reason to put the title in lowercase is if you’re going to capitalize the L in gLee to go with the “Loser” finger sign motif in a lot of their marketing … which, I assume, is probably protected by some sort of trademark or copyright. (Although, I wonder if you could make an L out of the megaphone…) Since you’re using the capital L, I’d say just go ahead and capitalize the title normally.

By: Share Your Glee! « Club Glee

Share Your Glee! « Club Glee — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:08:08 +0000

[...] well, you can also vote on the cover of the [...]

By: inspirehim

inspirehim — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:23 +0000

I don’t even watch Glee and I know that the megaphone isn’t an appropriate association and the green cover is blah. Personally, I’d suggest going back to the drawing board, however if I had to select one of those it would be the green.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:53:49 +0000

Like the yellow and red but switch it to the other cover design…Yellow curtains and seats (vary huges), read lettering and bigger gold star.