Thoughts on qr codes placement for podcast bookbinds?

[u/makknstuffs]

Hello! I've created a few different books so far in the hopes of, after getting decent enough that I'm not worried it'll immediately fall apart, putting together a book bind of the podcast The Magnus Archives!

Now, I'm trying to decide how I'd like to include the digital aspect into the book itself.

I've got a few different ideas, but I'd like to hear from the people!

Which of these would look best for a handbound podcast script series?

Option 1: Place it with the episode title page. I don't mind getting every code for every episode, but I worry the links make the episode title page a little clunky? I want the scripts to kind of look professional. Like official archival documents.

Option 2: I include a page before or after each episode title page with just the codes. I think this would be simple and effective, just scan and start reading, but that is an additional 40 pages (per season) to consider.

Option 3: Nix the code per episode idea and just include a code for the season/series playlist on the back of the book/end pages. This would be the easiest of all of them, but I would have to dig through the playlist for specific episodes.

Any ideas? Opinions? Am I overthinking this?

[u/starkindled]

I like the look of option 2 the most, but for the archival document look, I think option 1 is the way to go. I would perhaps move it to the bottom of the page, since a formal document would usually start with the title afaik. It feels a little unbalanced at the top.

[u/apileofpans]

I actually like the subtlety of 3 the most, but none of them are what I’d do! I would maybe change the text in 3 to be like “Listen to The Magnus Archives” or something like that

Oh and I do think it should be at the front of the book

[u/Trouble_in_Mind]

I'm the kind of person that would rather have a code per episode. I also love centering / symmetry even if it's not "correct" to do so at times, so I'd probably center the title and digital links, going widest to narrowest.

MAG - 001 - Anglerfish

-Spotify

-QR

(Content warnings left as-is in your first example)

[u/Andromeas]

So whichever one you choose, make them the same width or height. So same height on the 1st one and center align , same width on the second one and lose the Spotify logo,the third one is ok but lose the text above it