ii. Types of book covers

If you're completely lost, sometime's its a good idea to start with options and one of those options is what should it look like. Often times what your cover will look like will depend on the designer you are requesting from. So it's important to not only request from a designers who's work you like, but one that also makes work in the style you want. You will not get good results trying to force someone to work in another style.

Often times a particular type of cover lends itself better to a specific genre due to visual tropes that society has built. Using specific tropes could help draw the attention of people who are interested in the particular genre. This does not, though, mean to give into cheesy clichés.

Disclaimer This is not a list telling you want your book cover SHOULD look like based on your genre and that these are the ONLY styles out there and how viewers relate specific styles to specific books. 

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The "Simple" Cover
Best used for realistic fiction or "slice of life", this is one of the most common book covers I've seen. Featuring a nice photo and some text— that can be styled or just nicely composed — maybe some decals. You will find many Wattpader's calling this a "simple" cover because it's mostly a photograph with words on it. Sometimes thats all you need.


Typographic Cover
Sometimes words and symbolism are all you need. Typically typographic covers are for books who's titles can speak for themselves. Sometimes they can be accompanied by a texture, but for the most part, the cover relies on the type treatment — how the words look or is made.


Photo Manipulated Cover

Much like the name implies, this involves manipulating an existing photo with another photo or another texture. Some popular manipulation techniques would be: masking, superimposing, blending, drawing or defacing, and overlaying. These covers are best suited for books who want a more surreal feel to them — depending on the technique

Illustrated/Vector Covers
Although this cover style is harder to find on Wattpad. You can get a wide variety of covers under this style depending on the designer. You can get covers that are: simple, detailed, ethereal, dynamic, naive.


Symbol or Item Based Covers
Sometimes, that's all you need. These covers tend to really heavily on composition.

Minimalistic Cover
If you wanted a statement piece, a minimalist cover will probably do the trick. Often times minimalistic are fairly eye catching in book. In a sea of multi colored covers, the solid undisturbed background color tends to call for attention.

Photo Realistic Cover
This style is often seen in books that have been made into movies. Best used for fantasy/sci-fi books, Please note that photo realistic editing is used on things that are not just fiction, it can be used to put together scenes that can exists in real life that you might not get a photo of unless you hold a photoshoot or by chance. On Wattpad these are known as "Photomanipulated Covers" 

Combining Styles
Combining different styles can result in some nice covers. Often times, this involves a lot of planing but it is a beautiful option everyone should consider.

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