Judging a Book by its Cover?

Published on by Margaret

Do you feel disappointed when the covers don’t match the story? Have you ever been completely misled by a book cover?

As I wrote in last week’s Monday Musings the book cover doesn’t have much effect on me when I’m deciding whether to buy a book. It has even less effect once I’ve started to read it because I just don’t see the cover. In fact sometimes I’ve hardly looked at the cover and couldn’t say what was on it. I can’t think of an example where I’ve been misled by the cover.

5 thoughts on “Judging a Book by its Cover?”

  1. I’m shallow. A cover can *totally* sell me a book. 🙂 I have been misled by covers before, but I can’t remember being disappointed.

    Lezlie

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  4. I’m with you, Margaret. Normally the only thing I use the cover for is to spot where I last left the book I’m reading!

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  5. I’m shallow too…but really the cover is most important in those first minutes, deciding whether to pick a book up or not.

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