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cover-design-psychology

A specialized skill for the cover-designer agent covering cover design psychology. Provides genre-specific cover conventions, typography strategy, color psychology, thumbnail testing, and AI image generation prompt design. Use for 'cover design,' 'book cover,' 'genre covers,' 'cover concept,' and similar topics.

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# Cover Design Psychology — Cover Design Psychology Methodology

Specialized knowledge used by the cover-designer agent when designing covers and generating images.

## Why Cover Psychology

**67% of readers pick up a book based on its cover**. In online bookstores, covers are displayed at thumbnail size, so they must stand out even when small. The cover is "the message read before the first sentence."

## Genre-Specific Cover Conventions

### Business/Self-Help

| Element | Convention | Reason |
|---------|-----------|--------|