Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > General Discussions

Notices

View Poll Results: Will you check out or buy a book with an anime-style or similarly stylistic cover?
Yes 19 33.93%
No 37 66.07%
Voters: 56. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 01-29-2013, 01:01 PM   #31
Ginwen
Addict
Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Ginwen ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 261
Karma: 777376
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kent, WA
Device: Kindle Touch/IPad
It would probably make me less likely to try it. If it's a writer I like, I don't care, otherwise the cover is one of the factors that goes into my decision of what to purchase. If it's really cheesy and unprofessional, I expect the book to be the same.

Last edited by Ginwen; 01-29-2013 at 02:01 PM.
Ginwen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2013, 05:59 PM   #32
Atunah
Wizard
Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Atunah ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Atunah's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,817
Karma: 23400001
Join Date: May 2012
Location: USA
Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3
I would scroll right on by. A cover like the examples would suggest cartoons to me. I don't know anything about Anime or Manga, so to me its all the same, cartoons. I don't read or watch cartoons, kids or adult type. Just not my thing. So I wouldn't be interested if a book had a cover like that as that is what I would expect.

And if a cover like that is on a book with a total different genre, I would also not be inclined to look further. That means the author didn't represent the genre and so I wouldn't really trust the story either.

Reader expectations.

Other covers I despise are those that look like Sims characters. I see some of those on romance and other genres. Those tell me usually one thing, bad, really bad.
Atunah is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 01-29-2013, 06:25 PM   #33
teh603
Autism Spectrum Disorder
teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.teh603 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
teh603's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,212
Karma: 6244877
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Coastal Texas
Device: Android Phone
I wonder if this is the generation gap showing, because I wouldn't mind an Anime-esque cover on a book I'm reading. There's no real difference in the quality of the artist, just a different style.

Then again, in sci-fi and fantasy, the cover usually has nothing to do with the book, so who really cares?
teh603 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2013, 06:31 PM   #34
Elfwreck
Grand Sorcerer
Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Elfwreck's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,185
Karma: 25133758
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA
Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)
I'd expect the contents to have anime tropes or storylines. I read some of those, so those kinds of covers would be fine.

Modern fantasy? Check.
Mythic/supernatural? Check.
Space opera? Check.
Superhero adventure? Check.
Naked elf-boys abducted by aliens and drugged with aphrodisiac tea and forced to perform for their captors? Check, and gimme links.
Elfwreck is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-29-2013, 08:18 PM   #35
Lemurion
eReader
Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Lemurion ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Lemurion's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,750
Karma: 4968470
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad
Quote:
Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
I wonder if this is the generation gap showing, because I wouldn't mind an Anime-esque cover on a book I'm reading. There's no real difference in the quality of the artist, just a different style.

Then again, in sci-fi and fantasy, the cover usually has nothing to do with the book, so who really cares?
You have a point, it might be generational, at least in part, though I would hesitate to place all of it on that one factor. I think a bigger part of it is simply association.

Most people in the industry can recognize a "bodice ripper" by the cover alone. Many urban fantasy covers are stylistically similar, as are many SF covers. Each of these styles of cover sends a message about the contents, which either attracts or repels certain readers based on their tastes or possibly their preconceptions. Anime covers are going to work exactly the same way. They will appeal to some, and not appeal to others.
Lemurion is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 01-31-2013, 10:03 AM   #36
Yapyap
Guru
Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Yapyap ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Yapyap's Avatar
 
Posts: 861
Karma: 3543721
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Estonia
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
If it's a book I have heard about it, that has been recced and that sounds interesting, I don't care (much) what the cover looks like. (Apart from Baen covers, which are dreadful even for ebooks where cover shouldn't matter a lot as far as book enjoyment goes.)

If I am just browsing, covers matter - unprofessional-looking covers indicate that this may be a book by a self-published author or small publisher who doesn't put a lot of effort into other parts of the book either; professional-looking covers tend to give me some expectations of genre (e.g. naked male torso on cover - romance, don't buy; semi-naked male in leather pants on a fantasy-ish looking cover - probably paranormal romance, don't buy; young woman in leather clothes, holding a weapon - probably urban fantasy, worth a closer look; dragons on cover - traditional fantasy, don't buy).

A cover featuring anime style art, if I'm just browsing (either in a physical bookshop or a general "new releases" page online) tells me that this is probably a manga / anime / comic book thing, which I'm not interested in, so I'd move on without taking a closer look at the back of the book / the book's page.
Yapyap is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-31-2013, 11:47 AM   #37
DuskyRose
Guru
DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.DuskyRose ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
DuskyRose's Avatar
 
Posts: 725
Karma: 9209502
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Virginia
Device: Boox Palma, Kdle Scribe & Paperwhite, Kobo Eclipsa 2e & Libra 2, Ipads
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
Most people in the industry can recognize a "bodice ripper" by the cover alone. Many urban fantasy covers are stylistically similar, as are many SF covers. Each of these styles of cover sends a message about the contents, which either attracts or repels certain readers based on their tastes or possibly their preconceptions.
I think this is very true.

I was talking to someone about a favorite Fantasy series of mine, and trying to get someone interested since they were looking for a new series. They seemed interested, and went to have a peek. Then I got the reply...

"Sorry, but I'm not looking for something with a lot of porn in it."

I knew right away that they'd taken the covers as representing some sort of porn/sexual/romantic storyline. I had originally been expecting something of the sort myself when I started the series, then forgot about it as I continued on. Did bug me a bit that the cover really seemed to promise something that didn't have anything to do with the series.

Now I have to remember to recommend it with a "Not as sexy as it looks" warning about the covers. Otherwise, it'll turn some people off or leave others disappointed when it doesn't 'go there'.
DuskyRose is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2013, 07:44 PM   #38
WordCountess
Member
WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WordCountess ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
WordCountess's Avatar
 
Posts: 24
Karma: 582992
Join Date: Feb 2013
Device: none
I prefer books with really simple covers. Just the title in pretty font will catch my eye. A Manga-Style cover wouldn't necessarily turn me away, but it maybe wouldn't fit all book genres. I could see it fitting for a sci-fi or fantasy/fairytale genre. Even a children's book would look nice with a Manga cover. I don't think a drama or non-fiction would really fit with that cover though.
WordCountess is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2013, 04:05 AM   #39
ebooklovers
Member
ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ebooklovers ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
ebooklovers's Avatar
 
Posts: 10
Karma: 481558
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Texas
Device: Android
Im not a fan of animes but I dont see anything wrong with having it as a cover of a book. Of course I understand that many can perceive it as porn or childish so I guess it would depend on how the characters were drawn.

Ive seen a lot of animes (thanks to my brother who have a collection of them) but there are some of it that are pretty decent and ok to have as book covers.
ebooklovers is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Artistic Bookcases anamardoll General Discussions 23 03-05-2012 10:03 AM
books with a two columns style yuxi_kelly ePub 3 01-13-2011 03:27 PM
Would this style cover work on the Jetbook Lite? Any covers that do? miagracie Ectaco jetBook 5 06-02-2010 02:11 AM
books wanted in the style of Lee Child stustaff Reading Recommendations 11 10-19-2008 06:01 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:25 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.