The author says:
Discover the power of food to heal and energize with “Healing Plates: Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for Wellness”. Packed with 100+ mouthwatering recipes, this cookbook is your ultimate guide to reducing inflammation, boosting vitality, and reclaiming your health—one delicious bite at a time.
Nathan says:
I really have no complaints about this, especially if the main focus is to sell physical books. (It might be a little cluttered to look good in a thumbnail for ebooks.) There’s no reason that the byline couldn’t be bigger, though. And “Edition 2025” is in an awkward position; it could probably replace either the cup of sauce to its left or the bowl of soup in the top center.
Other comments?
So, it’s a combination cookbook and dietician’s health guide, I infer. Yes, I would say this kind of cover is mainly for physical copies, since cookbooks are among the few genres of writing for which using them in an electronic format is somewhat impractical. (Another such genre would be mechanical guides for various vehicles; while you can take a smart phone or touch pad device with an e-book displayed on it into the kitchen or the garage with you, you do better not to expose your delicate and sensitive handheld electronic devices to the electronics-unfriendly hazards of such work spaces.) On the whole, therefore, this is a pretty good cover.
I have just a few quibbles with it:
1. Does it really need a different typeset and font size for every line of text? You couldn’t just use one font apiece (at most) for the byline, tagline, and title? Is there any reason why the “anti-inflammatory” part of the title needs to be emphasized over the other parts?
2. If this is the “2025 Edition” as one stamp notes, are you saying there was a previous edition? Is this year’s edition new and improved from that one?
3. If this is the “Full Color Edition” as the other stamp notes, does that mean there’s a cheaper version available in grayscale? Seems to me if you want to emphasize your book has lots of pretty pictures (presumably of the finished products) in it, you should focus on the quantity instead, e.g. “More than [n] professional glossy color photographs of these mouth-watering meals for your delectation!”