Making a good magazine cover

December 14, 2004

…in which Dylan Jones goes over what makes a good magazine cover, including the excellent tips:

  • Never promise what you can’t deliver
  • Never ask a question on the cover
  • Cover lines can never be too big
  • Cover words need to make sense.

Personally, my three favourite cover line words were “FREE”, “NEW” and “SEX”. Sadly, I never got much chance to use the third.

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  • 1. naya thomas  |  November 11, 2009 at 2:20 am

    this didnt give me alot of information so it wasnt any help to me

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