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Readers still love book covers. I do a cover poll before releasing each book so readers can choose between two covers--egads! I get hundreds of visitors voting. People who don't even READ vote (they say so in the comments.) Artwork matters.
Books I LOVED with bad covers:
Unicorn on Speed Dial (awesome cozy fantasy)
The Heretic (I hate the cover. The old one was better. Urban Fantasy)
Father Love (Noir; pulp mystery. Boring cover, very decent quick read.)
LOVE Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson books. Hate all the covers.
Just finished reading Tamora Pierce's Bloodhound (the second in the series. Boring covers, pretty dang good books.)
I miss being able to see the title of books when I'm reading. I come to forums and want to tell people what I'm reading and...sometimes I can't remember the author name or the title because I don't see it sitting on the table next to me when I'm not reading it! It's on my kindle and I go right to the page I'm reading when I pick it up--no cover, title or author to stick in my head...
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