I am struggling. Struggling to get motivated, to understand what I'm doing, why I'm doing it and where all of this is going!
What I have done today is to sit down, re-read all of the reviews, blogs and articles that I had collected, do some more brainstorms and try to remind myself what it is that I am interested in.
So, I am still looking at book covers and their designs but the direction it is going in, is how book covers are designed to maximise sales. I have lots of retail and visual merchandising experience and I am going to try and work this report into something that I know a lot about and that interests me. As at the moment, I have lost all interest in the project.
I have done my first ever online survey, using Survey Monkey. The results were interesting and helpful but I had some technical problems that I fear may have skewed some of the results. I am going to try and create some visuals that represent the results.
I have contacted a few people in the publishing industry with the aim to asking them a few simple questions regarding book design and marketing.
I am still in the research stage and need to continue with this for a little while longer and use some different methods to get gain a broad understanding of many different aspects.
The experimental aspect of the project is seriously behind, so I need to devote some time to this.
I am continuing to draft and re-draft my report as my ideas alter and hopefully I will be a little clearer on the layout of this essay very soon.
Apologies about the very text heavy post, but I am just using this blog as a way of reminding myself what I've done and what I need to do-which is a lot!
Help and advice welcome as always!
