[rudykerkhoven]

I'm putting the finishing touches on a new choose-your-own-adventure, and it's been a long time since I've been here on Kboards. I feel like Tom Hanks at the end of Castaway.

The genre is a bit hard to pin down (seeing as it's a choose-your-own-adventure), but it's a science-fiction comedy with elements of silly horror. I'm not sure if that's a genre.

Cover #1

Cover #2

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Thanks for taking the time!

 

[cinisajoy]

Neither.  They are not speaking to me at all.
What genre?

 

[Adam Poe]

I put a choice...but neither are saying 'comedy' to me at all. It looks more like non-fiction.

 

[Lana Amore]

They look like environmental non-fiction.  You need a goofy looking scientist and funnier fonts to say 'humor'.

 

[heidi_g]

sorry. I don't like either of them either

 

[Shalini Boland]

They look like environmental non-fiction.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Sorry, Rudy.

 

[quiet chick writes]

They look like environmental non-fiction. You need a goofy looking scientist and funnier fonts to say 'humor'.

^ Do this!

Like everyone else, I thought non-fiction too.

 

[ruecole]

I gotta agree with the others. I think it's time to rebrand the series.

BTW, love the cover for THE MOST BORING BOOK EVER WRITTEN. Now THAT made me click to find out more!

Rue

 

[rudykerkhoven]

Thanks for your input--I never thought about it looking like non-fiction, but I can see where people are coming from.  It's meant to be in the same style as a couple earlier choose-your-own-adventures I did.  Perhaps I'll rethink...

 

[rudykerkhoven]

Also, to respond to those who asked about the genre, well it's a bit hard to pin down (seeing as it's a choose-your-own-adventure), but I guess my best attempt would be to say a science-fiction comedy with elements of silly horror.  I'm not sure if that's a genre. 

 

[Carol (was Dara)]

Both seem a little dark and serious. They're not badly done, they just don't suggest humor to me.

 

[JRTomlin]

You need something that says comedy.

 

[Anne Frasier]

i have to agree with what others have said. upon first glance they looked like business nonfiction to me.

 

[Ian Marks]

"science-fiction comedy with elements of silly horror"

I'm afraid neither of these communicates this to me.

 

[69959]

Sorry, but I don't see it either.

 

[rudykerkhoven]

Thanks to everyone who has replied... I've already got more votes than I would have expected in a short time.

And thanks to people for their constructive criticism--I see how the cover art doesn't seem like a comedy at all.  However, I do want it to be in the same style as the last couple choose-your-own-adventure books I've released, and since this will be the last CYOA that we'll be releasing, I don't want to change the style.  Or I guess I could change all of them.  Looking at my signature below, neither "The Adventures of Whatley Tupper" or "The Redemption of Mr. Sturlubok" look like comedies.  Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Anyhow, thanks again.  If it's not too late, I'm going to add a third option to the poll: don't like either!  God bless the internet for how honest people can be.

 

[cinisajoy]

Thanks to everyone who has replied... I've already got more votes than I would have expected in a short time.

And thanks to people for their constructive criticism--I see how the cover art doesn't seem like a comedy at all. However, I do want it to be in the same style as the last couple choose-your-own-adventure books I've released, and since this will be the last CYOA that we'll be releasing, I don't want to change the style. Or I guess I could change all of them. Looking at my signature below, neither "The Adventures of Whatley Tupper" or "The Redemption of Mr. Sturlubok" look like comedies. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Anyhow, thanks again. If it's not too late, I'm going to add a third option to the poll: don't like either! God bless the internet for how honest people can be.

Silly question do the other two books sell very well or are they overlooked?

 

[rudykerkhoven]

Silly question do the other two books sell very well or are they overlooked?

Not a silly question at all! Whatley Tupper used to sell pretty well (by rather humble standards) and the other one not as much, although I haven't made any attempt to market either one in a couple of years. Now that I'm getting ready the last one, I'm trying to make more of a concerted effort with this. Whatley Tupper was my first ebook and there are times that I think the cover should be changed.

 

[rudykerkhoven]

Well, even with the neithers moving up the list, it still looks like cover #1 is the clear winner of these two.  Thanks to all who responded...

 

[GearPress Steve]

Neither is compelling to me, and certainly they don't say "comedy" at all.

Sorry!