Travel Guide Cover Design Case Study
This is a continuation of my article series where I review and assess the cover design elements used by the traditional and indie travel guide publishers. By reviewing how these publishing companies and indie authors combine images, fonts, color, and design elements into a cohesive design, you’ll get invaluable insight into the best approach for designing your travel guide cover.
The most important thing to remember is that your reader has specific expectations when it comes to buying a book within a niche, you only have to look at the primary book niches like romance, thriller, cozy mystery etc. to see how each niche has their own set of design styles that help to communicate the book’s content to their target audience, and travel guides are no different.
When you browse the Amazon bestsellers in your genre, you should notice patterns in color schemes, fonts, layouts, and images. You’ll want your cover to stand out by looking awesome, yet ensure it naturally fits into your genre.
via Dave Chesson
Frommer’s Destination Guides
Frommer’s Guides: The destination image stretches across the whole front cover, and Frommer’s uses a red banner to host their brand name in white and a tag line: The most TRUSTED name in TRAVEL in yellow.
The destination names are placed directly onto the background image using a white font. It doesn’t seem like they always work seamlessly with the background image, or that there’s any branded feel to the images Frommer’s uses.
The newer covers use a year designation banner, and the older style covers use a Free Pocket MAP call-out of black text on a map image background.
Travel Guide Cover Design Industry Comparisons
There are distinct niche norms for destination travel guides, although each traditional publisher has developed a branded look that readers can automatically identify with. Your role, as a cover designer, is to assess the industry norms, and create a cover that is representative of your content, your writing style, and the travel niche you want to feature in.
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