It looks much nicer than the original imo. If I didn’t have context, I’d probably be confused though.
Why 80,000 hours? And what is the pie chart / watch face analogy about? On first glance I’m not sure whether it’s about career choice, time management, life balance, or some ‘5pm’ metaphor.
I looked at it in this order: (1) “80,000 hours”, (2) pie chart / watch face, trying to figure it out, (3) subtitle, (4) endorsement. But the subtitle and endorsement are doing most of the work of telling me what the book is actually about and whether it’s for me.
Maybe some of this is intended, to make people pick up the book and try to find answers. :)
- Pie chart labels are too small. - I don’t like the thick partial border around the work segment—makes it look like a clock, which is perhaps deliberate as it’s gesturing at time—but I look at it and think ‘this is a book about 5 o’ clock’. - I don’t like The Cornerstone Press label going vertically, and I’m unsure of how it relates to the Penguin logo. - I think ‘that does good’ is a bit of a flat subtitle. Too vague. I much prefer the wording on the site: ridiculously in-depth is ballsy, and I like it! That should be on the cover. - I would’ve tried for an endorsement from a more mainstream figure in society, like a celebrity or something… I don’t know, Stephen Fry? Lex Friedman? Rutger Bregman is very known in EA, I’m not sure how known outside of EA, and since he’s written a book on a similar topic, one might see that and think ‘why should I read both?’
Also the link to the alternative design doesn’t work.
Learning of this book launch also has me wondering: how is this book different to Moral Ambition or the HIP playbook?
Anyway, there’s my tuppence worth. Are you asking because the cover is still editable? Congratulations on the launch!
🚨 New EA book cover to critique 🚨
http://80000hours.org/book/
Tell me all the ways we messed up, and how/why the original was better actually (see for example this excellent alternative design by Catherine: https://x.com/wilhelmscreamin/status/2029302612210626958 )
It looks much nicer than the original imo. If I didn’t have context, I’d probably be confused though.
Why 80,000 hours? And what is the pie chart / watch face analogy about? On first glance I’m not sure whether it’s about career choice, time management, life balance, or some ‘5pm’ metaphor.
I looked at it in this order: (1) “80,000 hours”, (2) pie chart / watch face, trying to figure it out, (3) subtitle, (4) endorsement. But the subtitle and endorsement are doing most of the work of telling me what the book is actually about and whether it’s for me.
Maybe some of this is intended, to make people pick up the book and try to find answers. :)
I agree with this, the link to between the pie chart and the clock isn’t very obvious to me
Since you explicitly asked for criticism:
- Pie chart labels are too small.
- I don’t like the thick partial border around the work segment—makes it look like a clock, which is perhaps deliberate as it’s gesturing at time—but I look at it and think ‘this is a book about 5 o’ clock’.
- I don’t like The Cornerstone Press label going vertically, and I’m unsure of how it relates to the Penguin logo.
- I think ‘that does good’ is a bit of a flat subtitle. Too vague. I much prefer the wording on the site: ridiculously in-depth is ballsy, and I like it! That should be on the cover.
- I would’ve tried for an endorsement from a more mainstream figure in society, like a celebrity or something… I don’t know, Stephen Fry? Lex Friedman? Rutger Bregman is very known in EA, I’m not sure how known outside of EA, and since he’s written a book on a similar topic, one might see that and think ‘why should I read both?’
Also the link to the alternative design doesn’t work.
Learning of this book launch also has me wondering: how is this book different to Moral Ambition or the HIP playbook?
Anyway, there’s my tuppence worth. Are you asking because the cover is still editable? Congratulations on the launch!
try this https://x.com/wilhelmscreamin/status/2029302612210626958