How does it look?

I say it looks good. Probably the best one can do in a tricky situation like this. And I think it would work OK for the unfamiliar....

Not being familiar with the album, that cover would tell me there's something weird going on there. Which is the point, right?

Kind of. I think it helps that the album title and cover are right up there in the right hand corner.

Also I think your eye can kind of look at all the letters involved and see that they wouldn't fit without being broken, and then maybe (if you know the album) the logic of not breaking it on the composite words would become clear. I hope so anyway.

Yeah. It's fine.

Grump.

But really, it's fine. It looks good.

Not really knowing much about the series or origins of the title, it's a tad bit confusing to me. However, I am also a person who apparently sometimes forgets that english is her first and native language and will deciphers a sign or billboard phonetically (and usually incorrectly) because of unusual font or spacing. So, my opinion may be suspect.

I still think the publisher should change the font, but since the publisher won't change the font -- what Jesse said.

Since I don't know the album, I wouldn't get it. But I would wonder why that's the title of the book. In a better way than if it had been broken along word lines.

I agree.

If I'm your niche market gal in a store/section that I went to specifically to find either something in this series or something new and interesting, I'd push past the confusion to see what the book had to offer.

If I'm not that gal, I'd probably say 'huh' and move along.

One of the top ten marketing adages is: A confused mind says 'no.'

It looks good otherwise though.

I wonder if it was gapping on the walk in from my car...best not to dwell on it.

I realized as soon as I walked out the front door that my shirt was on backwards. Granted, it's a tagless Ann Taylor T-shirt so nobody could tell except me, but still, I had to wait until I got to work to fix it.

I want to see just how horrible "swordfishtrombones" looks in a condensed font.

One of the top ten marketing adages is: A confused mind says 'no.'

Quite often, the opposite is true for me. But then again, I'm weird.

One of my favorite hobbies is confusing people. Guess it's good I didn't go into marketing then....

deciphers a sign or billboard phonetically (and usually incorrectly) because of unusual font or spacing.

Done that.

David, I think the cover looks okay. I wish you could do it all on one line, but that's not an option, dammit.