This is a series of college textbooks. We had a lot of type to put on each of these covers: series title, series editor, edition number, module number, book title, and author.
Here’s the direction we were given:
“Target age ranges from freshmen to MBA students, these modules are bundled with a variety of different business communication, management and marketing titles. Needs to look high level for MBA market, yet accessible. Maybe photographic imagery rather than illustrative.”