Covermakers Chat Thread

Post by **Availle** » April 23rd, 2022, 7:40 pm

There is a typo on the cover of this Greek project:
https://librivox.org/pasxalina-diigimata-by-alexandros-papadiamantis/

It should be LibriVox, not Libry...

Post by **annise** » April 24th, 2022, 5:47 am

I can't fix it without it looking messy. It's probably more right than some of the "foreign" covers I have made and it does sound right. And there probably are a few Libravoxs floating around

Anne

Post by **Availle** » April 24th, 2022, 5:55 am

It's just been cataloged a few days ago - maybe contact the cover maker and see if a fix is possible?

msfry · Post by **msfry** » April 24th, 2022, 7:12 am

Availle wrote: ↑April 24th, 2022, 5:55 am It's just been cataloged a few days ago - maybe contact the cover maker and see if a fix is possible?

If all else fails, I can fix it.

Post by **Availle** » April 29th, 2022, 6:21 pm

Great cover for the "Titan", Anne!

You snatched it away from me while I was looking at my options... but I wouldn't have thought of just adding the new title to the top of the original book cover. Looks good!

https://librivox.org/the-wreck-of-the-titan-or-futility-by-morgan-robertson/

carthinius · Post by **carthinius** » April 30th, 2022, 7:11 am

Working on a cover for "Lost Face" by Jack London, I stumbled about a possible error in the audiobook's synopsis. There, it is stated that "This collection was first published in 1916, the year of London's death", but I found a version of the book by MacMillan with exactly this content from 1910. The 1910 version can be found at Wikisource and at the Internet Archive. Should the description be edited, maybe?

On another note: This 1910 version of "Lost Face" has some illustrations in it I would rather use for my cover. But the book only states it is "illustrated" (well, obviously), but no name(s) of the artist(s). Most of them seem to be signatured, but I cant figure out the names in question. What should I do for the credits!?

Post by **TriciaG** » April 30th, 2022, 7:15 am

I was BC for Lost Face. I'll change the description.

You can just say "Cover image from book scan" or something like that. You don't have to specifically credit the illustrator.

carthinius · Post by **carthinius** » April 30th, 2022, 9:50 am

Thanks for that quick response. I will finish the cover tonight!

Post by **TriciaG** » May 2nd, 2022, 4:51 am

Thank you, carthinius, for the Lost Face cover. I like how you treated the original illustration and how you did the title. Very striking!

carthinius · Post by **carthinius** » May 2nd, 2022, 7:06 am

You are welcome, Tricia!

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » May 13th, 2022, 4:59 am

Thanks for the elegant cover for "Letters of Mme de Sévigné". Just some numbers got swapped around - the date '1669' should be '1696' (the year she died).

Best,

Barbara

msfry · Post by **msfry** » May 15th, 2022, 9:21 pm

barbara2 wrote: ↑May 13th, 2022, 4:59 am Thanks for the elegant cover for "Letters of Mme de Sévigné". Just some numbers got swapped around - the date '1669' should be '1696' (the year she died).

Best,

Barbara

Glad you like the cover. I got the dates directly from the top of Letter 1, which says: LETTERS OF MADAME DE SfiVIGNE,
FROM 1655 TO 1669.
https://archive.org/details/selectionsfromra00raberich/page/n18/mode/1up
If this was a printer's error, let me know and I can fix it.

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » May 15th, 2022, 10:08 pm

msfry wrote: ↑May 15th, 2022, 9:21 pm
barbara2 wrote: ↑May 13th, 2022, 4:59 am Thanks for the elegant cover for "Letters of Mme de Sévigné". Just some numbers got swapped around - the date '1669' should be '1696' (the year she died).

Best,

Barbara
Glad you like the cover. I got the dates directly from the top of Letter 1, which says: LETTERS OF MADAME DE SfiVIGNE,
FROM 1655 TO 1669.
https://archive.org/details/selectionsfromra00raberich/page/n18/mode/1up
If this was a printer's error, let me know and I can fix it.

Thanks for following up on this Mrs F. The 1655 to 1669 dates referred only to the letters to her cousin, Bussy de Rabutin. I think she stopped talking to him about 1669.

The editor has organised the letters first by recipient and then by date.

Barbara

Post by **annise** » May 16th, 2022, 12:30 am

It might be less confusing to omit the dates but that is just a personal opinion not a pronouncement from on high

Anne

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » May 16th, 2022, 12:37 am

annise wrote: ↑May 16th, 2022, 12:30 am It might be less confusing to omit the dates but that is just a personal opinion not a pronouncement from on high Anne

Good idea in my lowly opinion

Mrs F has found a lovely image of the author, who is dressed in seventeenth century style anyway.

Best,

Barbara