Predictive Evaluation

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Permalink Reply by Bonnie Kaufman on May 18, 2010 at 2:27pm

I bet Dave Basarab likes Cover 2, because I remember that the pendulum was featured prominently in his Author Day presentation. Personally, I like Cover 3, because I find it the most visually interesting and unique.

Permalink Reply by David Marshall on May 18, 2010 at 3:45pm

I like #2 the best because you feel the movement and the prediction when the ball hits one side and what happens to the other. My second choice is #1 just because it is so classy looking. At first I liked #3 because my eye went to the pencil point (and I liked the red, black, and white color scheme), but upon more reflection, this could be misinterpreted as an accounting book.

Permalink Reply by Dave Basarab on May 18, 2010 at 3:46pm

Your opinions are always appreciated. The mystery continues. Which one did I choose?

Permalink Reply by Richard Adelson on May 19, 2010 at 6:27am

Cover 1 is the classiest looking but Cover 2 is probably the best cover...poster-wise
and interest-wise. Cover 3 looks like it was designed in 1950 and Cover 4, although very readable,
is just boring.

Permalink Reply by Leslie Waltzer on May 19, 2010 at 5:20pm

I like #1 best, #2 second best (probably closest to the author's vision), #3 works and #4 (just type) is boring.

Permalink Reply by Maren Showkeir on May 20, 2010 at 2:54pm

It always fascinates me how beauty really is in the eye of the beholder... I remember going through our book cover process and thinking about my favorites "Surely EVERYONE will choose this one." And of course, opinions were all over the board. I like Cover #2, followed by #3. While the colors of #1 are eye catching, the cover reads a little busy to me.

Permalink Reply by Valerie Brewster on June 9, 2010 at 2:55pm

I like #3 -- just one thing -- flop the image so the pencil is at the right end of the line. This is about prediction -- the pencil should be at the future end of the line not the past end. #3 looks clear and perhaps even fun. #2 is a close second. The pendulum though -- it is predictable -- easy to guess what happens next! Wouldn't this book be about predicting what is difficult to predict?

Permalink Reply by Gary Palmatier on June 9, 2010 at 5:21pm

I had the same thought about the pencil—it's predicting the past. Plus, it's just a wavy scribble. I'm going with #2, interpreting its message as "after you read this book, the results of your predictions will be as inevitable as this."