Book Cover Challenge

May 23rd, 2011
So someone suggested this earlier and I thought I would set it up. If it is popular then I may set it up as a competition rather than a challenge. (I would pick one book a week) So lets start this off.

Ok so go on this website: http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ and pick a random name. This is your authors name.

Then go on this website: http://www.kitt.net/php/title.php
and choose one of the titles that are generated.. Now create a cover for this book!

Tag your photos "bookcoverchallenge"

:)

May 23rd, 2011
YAY!! I'm so glad you made this a reality! I can't wait to try it :D
May 23rd, 2011
thats intresting.....
May 23rd, 2011
Hey in worrying about copyright issues with using actual books, I thought of something. Would you be open to changing your post to say that we pick a random name from this name generator to use as the author name?
Name Generator
And a random book title by this book title generator?:
Book Title Generator
May 23rd, 2011
that would work better actually! Hadn't thought of copyright! I'll change it now :) @amyhughes
May 23rd, 2011
Glad you changed it - I got The Great Gatsby the first time round!
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows Haha. Have to admit, that book wasn't that great when I read it!
May 23rd, 2011
lol listen to some of the names I got:

Rikki Nita : The Fire's Winter (can you say ROMANCE much??)

Asley Kubo: The Bloody Husband....bahahahaha!!!!

Alesia Lutke : The Cold Son

Don't know which to start with....
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows you can always call the book "Gatsby the Great", which is the story of a little bear boy in the woods who has great dreams of being a ballerina in the travelling cirucus.
May 23rd, 2011
@brumbe that could almost be my biography...
May 23rd, 2011
May 23rd, 2011
@amyhughes @brumbe sadly my beastly nature prevents me from ever fulfilling the dream ;_; I shall have to obtain this book and engage in a spot of cathartic indulgence
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows I am convinced that all biographies are enhanced and no matter what the bear will always have a bit of beast in him.
May 23rd, 2011
great idea. can't wait to try it.
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows Oh muffin. You can be a ballerina. All you have to do is believe in yourself.
May 23rd, 2011
Oh fun! I will play!
May 23rd, 2011
@katiegc24 I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky...
May 23rd, 2011
@brumbe then perhaps there is yet hope!
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows I can so see where this book cover design is going for you.
May 23rd, 2011
@brumbe :D we'll see...
May 23rd, 2011
Here is my first one:

Title: Prophesy of Husband
Author: Madie Verona
Genre: Novel
Subgenre: MYSTERY
Date: 2011

'A harrowing tale of lust, marriage, home-canned food and a man who buys groceries alone."



May 23rd, 2011
@sobefree : Just generated mine. This is gonna be so much fun!
May 23rd, 2011
@demetriceanntia Whoo! We have a cover! This is awesome. I really think we should get everyone to make up the other stuff you made up too like the genre and the blurb etc. :)
May 23rd, 2011
@jannaellen Ooooo. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with :)
May 23rd, 2011
great stuff -loved the cd challenge - this is cool too. Thanks for setting it up...thinking cap on... :o)
May 23rd, 2011
@sparkle I've got to admit it wasn't my idea. I just set it up. I think all credit goes to @amyhughes who came up with the idea :)
May 23rd, 2011
@sobefree @amyhughes so thanks to Amy for the ideas and to you for putting it inot action - good ideas are only good ideas when shared and bought alive! great teamwork guys! :o) this is gunna be really cool
May 23rd, 2011
sounds like fun, I may have to try this when my abc challenge is done (I'm on w now so it will be soon!)
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows I thought it went something about being shot by the FBI.

/sad
May 23rd, 2011
@katiegc24 that's the sequel
May 23rd, 2011
@eyebrows Oh yeah. That one is actually a piece of non-fiction writing about my life.
May 23rd, 2011
Yes I'll be having a go at this =)
May 23rd, 2011
Hmmm COOL :D
May 24th, 2011
May 24th, 2011
I loved the Album Cover Challenge, so this is right up my street.
My first effort..
May 24th, 2011
One more go tonight...
May 24th, 2011
@jdonnelly These are really nice. I really feel you can tell exactly what the books are about!
May 24th, 2011
@gavincci Nice!
May 24th, 2011
May 24th, 2011
I should really have a go at my own challenge so I shall give it a go for tomorrows photo!
May 24th, 2011


this was good fun to do :D
May 24th, 2011
May 25th, 2011
@jdonnelly i love the ragged search ! nice take on the theme .... =)
May 25th, 2011
@petervanallen nice one!
May 25th, 2011
OOOOOOh yay book cover challenge!!! Im giving this a go for sure!
May 27th, 2011
May 27th, 2011
May 28th, 2011
now just imagine it folded like a book cover. . .
May 28th, 2011
This seems fun, but since school has started I doubt I will have the time :(
May 28th, 2011
@aforartistic Awesome! I can't find a title that I can think of any inspiration for at the mo - and it was me that started it!
May 28th, 2011
@aviva Surely you'll have a holiday some time? Maybe you could try it then. Don't worry though, I know how you feel :)
May 30th, 2011
May 30th, 2011
I finally did mine:


"This book is a haunting tale of a Chinese poet on his escape from his home country because of the political nature of his poems. Read how he has to learn to trust again in new and hostile surroundings after he has lost everything he ever loved..."
May 31st, 2011
@sobefree There's no deadline for this, is there?
May 31st, 2011
@marinda Nope :) It's ongoing, just like the album cover challenge. If it gets popular I may turn it into a competition. :)
May 31st, 2011
@sobefree Ah I see. hmm Maybe I should turn the album cover into a competition?

how do you think you want the comp to work then? do they have to make new covers? IDK
May 31st, 2011
June 1st, 2011
@marinda I'd just set them one author and title and then pick the top 5 and get votes :)
June 1st, 2011
@sobefree maybe be a weekly thing?
June 1st, 2011
this was such a great idea. i've been struggling with being creative lately so it was a great challenge to get me thinking. Thanks!
June 1st, 2011
@marinda Yeah exactly, I'm not sure if the book cover challenge is ready yet though. Maybe you should trial run the competition with the album cover challenge first as that is more popular :)
June 1st, 2011
@trudip This is awesome! One of my favourites so far :)
June 2nd, 2011
@sobefree Thanks so much. I am just learning on my first DSLR so it is nice to get feeback. Cheers.
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