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Originally Posted by Mivo
It is entirely shallow, but I frequently skip fiction books that have amateurish covers, especially those using actual photos or photo-realistic images (particularly in the fantasy genre). I'd rather have a text only one. Ideally, the cover should be drawn or painted. (But I understand that this is a cost issue for self-publishing authors who may not have artist friends.)
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It's a cost issue for traditional publishers too. More and more of them are moving away from that sort of thing. TOR still does quite a bit of original artwork, and publishers will pay for it for the more successful authors, but I think it will be less and less common. It's much cheaper to buy stock art.