Me: Well, to be honest, I've never read it. The cover looks kind of boring, so I've just never bothered.
Him: Oh, well, you can't judge a book by its cover, you know.
Me (internally): I hate you so much.
Him: Oh, well, you can't judge a book by its cover, you know.
Me (internally): I hate you so much.
You know what? Fuck that. In a bookstore with over 200,000 titles, SOMETHING needs to draw you in straight away, you know? And if the publisher can't give enough of a shit to whack an exciting, or at the very least, intriguing cover on something, why the hell should I give it a chance?
And you know what? Judging books by their cover has worked fairly well for me so far. Look at these three books- each ones now classed amongst my favourite books, each one picked up solely due to the striking cover images.
So thank you very much, mister customer, but you CAN judge a book by it's cover, contrary to popular belief, and I shall continue to do so for the forseeable future. So there.
And you know what? Judging books by their cover has worked fairly well for me so far. Look at these three books- each ones now classed amongst my favourite books, each one picked up solely due to the striking cover images.
So thank you very much, mister customer, but you CAN judge a book by it's cover, contrary to popular belief, and I shall continue to do so for the forseeable future. So there.
1 comment:
Feel free to judge. Here's why.
Publishing company puts X amount of money down for publicity, graphics, etc. Which is why a Harry Potter book always looks better than a Storm Constantine one. (not heard of her? Thats why.)So if I look at a book, and the publishing house has so little faith in it that they haven't invested in a decent cover, then I'm not overly eager either.
That said, one of my favorite books ever (Obernewtyn) was released with a crap cover. Then it made money, so they re-released with an awesome cover. So theoretically, if you go for a decent cover, you're getting a book that is expected to, or has already performed.
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