Born in the 40s, I grew up with all those classic pulp and paperback covers, and yes, in the 60s and 70s especially, they sold me a lot of books with those great covers.
Now my old eyes have me stuck with ebooks, but I bring the covers back -- I love to find some of the old classics, mystery & scifi, that I haven't read or would like to re-read. I edit just about every book I get to suit my vision needs. And while I'm at it, I find the old covers and put them in the book. I've got literally hundreds of books with an "alt covers" file. And some of them, like Philip K. Dick, seem to have more covers than text sometimes.
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