Am I the only one that thinks the Manning book covers
like those are egregious ugly?
hey Roy!
let your wife pick the cover! after all, she supported
you in writing the book!
congratulations on your book - I am looking forward to
it in the stores.
SBC
#5 looks like some kind of surveyor. I like that as a
metaphor.
By the way, see if you can convince them to spell your
name correctly on the cover.
Hey Roy,
When will the book be available via MEAP? Is there a
date yet?
Cheers
Ben
Why all of these images reflect past times? The book is
about new technologies, that means that something new,
innovative can be on the cover...
For instance, there can be an instrument that measures
precision...
I like the first one.
"Roy osherove is the sultan of unit testing"
I voted for 3.
he does look like someone you'd Mock ...
Roy,
#1 is the best, but you should go back to the drawing
board and push Manning for some better pictures. These
are really low quality.
I usually like the Manning covers. I have "Powershell in
Action" and find the picture really interesting.
Chris
perhaps a cat-herder?
I vote for none of them! Seriously, these are butt-ugly.
Of course what does a cover matter, it's the contents
that make the book. Strange they got your name
mis-spelled on the first three, but not the last.
Personally I would ask for another set of selections. I
understand the Manning-mantra is to have these figures
on the cover (much like how they have animals on the
O'Reilly books) but these choices suck so any choice
from this set is as good as any I guess.
How about something from this century? Like legos?
I’m afraid that those are all indeed ugly. I think you
need a better set to choose from, definitely something
more modern in appearance.
Roy, none of these covers show me the essence of unit
testing, where you have a test for one small piece at a
time.
I see others agreed with me that 6 is the best. It's
hard to articulate why, but I think it's basically that
the woman looks as if she's doing something complex, and
we use unit testing to break down and manage complexity.
Or something.
These covers are terrible! Are we talking about the same
modern test practices here?
Don't settle.
I really don't like any of these covers - they wouldn't
make me reach for this book :-/
Excuse me but WTH do those cover images have to do with
unit testing?
I get a mental image of some small town and its citizens
in the 18th century. Is that the message you want to
send?
I recommend that you choose an image which is related to
the contents of the book.
Clearly, image 6 conveys unit testing more than any of
the others. That would be my choice.