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Date Posted: 01:13:37 10/19/12 Fri
Author: chris k
Subject: doing a cover survey - : )


a very informal survey- LOL

when you buy a book - what kind of cover do you like?

Do you like the covers that look like a photograph with people in them?

Covers that look like modern ark with bold colors

Covers that look like a water color pastoral

Covers with a country look - front porch and rocking chairs

covers with cartoonish covers

What draws you to pick a book off the shelf?

thanks!

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[> Depends on what kind of book I´d like to read? Mostly Iike abstract covers best. Since I read mostly fiction, I don´t really want to see real people on the cover, I´d rather imagine. Water color pastorals or country look - hmm, depends, again, on what kind of book it is. Mostly, the cover needs to fit the story. I´m more drawn to titles rather than covers. -- Jam, 03:56:02 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> [> I agree with Jam. I am more drawn to titles rather than covers. Most authors don't get much say in the cover art of their books. Deanna Raybourn and her fans both complained that the reprinted covers of her Lady Julia books didn't fit the feisty main character. If I had just looked at the cover I would not have read her books. -- Araninda, 12:30:01 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> [> Agree with Jamm, I read mostly fiction, when I read a romance I like a pastoral or ocean view picture that sets a scene for me. No people. When I'm reading Vince Flynn or Brad Thor, dark, shadowy color, a man in outline, but no face. I leave the rest to my overactive imagination. ;) -- mkim, 15:17:56 10/20/12 Sat [1]


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[> I read Star Trak stuff so you see alot of artisitic covers with either just the ship or various crew members, and I read romance novels and those have gone more in the way of real pics, I like what the others said, I like abstract to where you create the picture in your head of what they all look like. I think thats why books to movies bomb, besides cutting out so much of the book is what we have seen in our minds and hearts isnt translated well. The same is if you reversed FF, we all know what the leads look like and any changes in that loses a reader. -- DOS, and if you asked my what covers I like right now it would be similar to Shades of Grey, havent read any of them but the nearly blank cover with one item is nice and simple., 13:53:22 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> I love covers. I love the feel of a smooth, mat finish. I prefer an artistic rendition rather than a photo, but if a photo, I like it soft focus or blurred and mysterious. I like soft colours. I don't like garish blood splatter, or Fabio looking men with long hair and muscles. I want the cover to invite me inside to the mystery, espionage, or romance that awaits. -- Cece, 16:06:34 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> Standing in front of bookshelves or racks, in the library or in a store, I look first for the author - I have many favorites -mostly mystery series. If I look at the cover, I like one that is reflective of the title. It can be photo, painting, rendering. But, I really look more at the author, title and flyleaf or back cover synopsis. The cover picture is really secondary. -- Jan, 18:37:39 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> okay- lots of good info - thank you !! Now - Araninda brings a NEW QUESTION: What attracts you more to a book by an author you've never seen? The cover or the title? -- chris k, 21:25:09 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> [> My eyes take in both together - the combination. -- jan, 23:33:16 10/19/12 Fri [1]


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[> [> I know this makes no sense, but I'm a tactile person. If a cover looks intriguing, I'll pick up the book, and run my hands over the smooth surface. The title doesn't say much, so then I'll look at the synopsis. Then I go to the first line. If I don't like the writing, then the rest doesn't matter. However, I hate reading someone else's old, tattered book. The esthetics are important to me: taste, touch, smell, sight, sound (whichever ones are relevent.) Bottom line, the cover is very important to me. -- Cece, 14:57:57 10/20/12 Sat [1]


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[> I usually look for books by subject matter or author. I really don't pay that much attention to the covers. -- Cathy F., 10:14:42 10/20/12 Sat [1]


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[> A cover with a beautiful picture draws me to a book, whether it's a person or a scene. The picture on the cover is the first thing I notice. -- doc, 17:14:59 10/20/12 Sat [1]


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[> I'm not real fussy with covers, although I don't like the super bodice-ripper ones. That suggest to me a certain type of novel, which is fine if it's actually that type, but people not looking for something like that might get turned off from a good read. (Does that make any sense??) Inside for the rest... -- Deemus, 20:48:03 10/21/12 Sun [1]

I don't care for cartoonish covers, because I don't usually read books of that type--I prefer more serious ones, even if they're light reading romances (which I read tons of). Any of the others would be fine, as long as they somewhat suggest what the book is about. That is, if a book is set in a city, why put a country porch? On the other hand, if it is a country or small-town setting, the porch would be fine. I actually go more by the title and the blurb, unless I'm already familiar with the author. Right now, I like a particular kind of book, and if the blurb suggests that the book is that type, then I'm attracted to it.


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