Comment by emigre
3 days ago
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.
The photograph was chosen because I could not find other computer books with that somewhat harsh color scheme, and you gotta stand out :)
That's all right. Focusing on the cover's photo, for example, I think you used a photograph that you had around. A professional designer working on a cover would (hopefully) shoot a flower on a studio, with professional lightning equipment, arranging the light sources in a certain way. I mean to get the final result of the kinds of covers I linked to earlier, which to be honest are exceptionally well designed covers!...
Those are the kinds of details I was referring to. On the other hand, many computer science covers have historically been quite poor in terms of design, and of course that does not mean much about the quality of the book itself. Some poor covers became memorable and iconic. Some covers are really simple and yet effective like the O'Reilly covers which I particularly like.
Sorry this is going on a tangent unrelated to Lisp. I do like the design of the book cover with the elegant white background. Thanks for writing it, I can't wait to read it.