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Originally Posted by Hitch
Agreed and in this day and age of Midjourney and 90 bajillion cat images on the endless list of stock image sites, there's no excuse for it.
HOWEVER, I would add that the first thing I tell authors and publishers is that the cover does NOT need to match the story or the characters. If the horse is brown, the hose on the cover can be a chestnut or a bay, or even something lighter.
The reader isn't really going to remember. Will some? Sure. If it's Geralt of whatever, they'll remember which Roach he's currently riding. But the cover isn't a guide, isn't a companion book to the book itself--its job is simply clickbait, and the moment that click happens, it's done its job. Tortie or no tortie. It's the book's job to tell the story, not the cover's; it's the cover's job to move the reader into a spot where the book can perform its job.
I mean...if you're a cozy cat mystery person, you'll click on that cover, tortie or not. Right? Right.
Hitch
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There are more people then you think who will see a cover, read the book and notice the error(s) on the cover. Dresden Files is a good example of covers that really do need to be replaced with corrected covers.