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Ciaran West · 07-30-2012, 04:35 AM

My girlfriend works in publishing and she enjoys reading, but there is not one book on her shelf whose cover she doesn't like. She's all about the cover.

I think it goes double in self-published works, because if (like me) you're a one-man-band, you'll have chosen your cover and (sometimes) designed it and created it yourself. Because of this, I often have no problem rejecting a book or choosing it on the strength of the cover- The way I see it, if their cover is garish and cheesy and embarrassing, their writing is not likely to be much different :-)

You can always be wrong, though.

I like spare writing, timeless and subtle. So I go for (and design) those sort of covers ;-)

Interesting topic!

07-30-2012, 04:35 AM	#25
Ciaran West Author Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: London Device: Tabtronics M009S	My girlfriend works in publishing and she enjoys reading, but there is not one book on her shelf whose cover she doesn't like. She's all about the cover. I think it goes double in self-published works, because if (like me) you're a one-man-band, you'll have chosen your cover and (sometimes) designed it and created it yourself. Because of this, I often have no problem rejecting a book or choosing it on the strength of the cover- The way I see it, if their cover is garish and cheesy and embarrassing, their writing is not likely to be much different :-) You can always be wrong, though. I like spare writing, timeless and subtle. So I go for (and design) those sort of covers ;-) Interesting topic!