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Originally Posted by caleb72
Personally I like both covers. Although, I'm getting a bit put-off by authors constantly using "A Novel" appended to titles.
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I like that. With most sites not telling you word count for ebooks, and many not giving anything like page counts, a cover that says "A Novel" or "A Short Story" can really help potential customers know what they're getting.
I know I'd be upset if I forked over $5 for what sounded like a fascinating novel-length story and it turned out to be 4000 words long.
Putting "A Novel" on the cover means you know it's fiction, and have some idea of a minimum length. While you would know these things if you were specifically looking for the book, if you clicked on an interesting cover, or saw it in the "people also bought..." list, you might not realize either of those details.
Although usually those will be either all-fiction or all-nonfic, there are some authors who do both, and might show up on those lists. Someone looking at Doctorow's "Content" might see a link to "Makers" and not realize it's fiction.