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Originally Posted by pwalker8
If an author puts the effort into getting a quality cover, odds are they at least know a little about writing books.
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Assumes facts not in evidence. Especially since the so called trad-pubbed writers (who are assumed to know a little bit about writing books) never have to worry about having their cover art selection "efforts" judged. If left up to them, perhaps they would be just as crap at judging "good" artwork as some self-pubbers.
I agree that cover art can make a good filter. Especially if you're looking to include/exclude very specific subgenres (but that's not me). But again, judging one author's "efforts" at choosing cover art against another author's ability as a writer who's never been
expected to select cover art is apples and oranges. It's like comparing the results of someone who free-handed Tippy the Turtle, against the results of someone who paid someone to trace him ... and then using that to determine how well they might scuba-dive.
