Comments on: You Can Judge a Book by its Cover http://www.literateur.com/2009/07/you-can-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:27:36 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alison http://www.literateur.com/2009/07/you-can-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Alison Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:56:53 +0000 http://www.literateur.com/?p=1288#comment-309 For some reason I get put off by the re-packaging that comes when a film is made of a novel. For some reason I get put off by the re-packaging that comes when a film is made of a novel.

]]> By: Max Cairnduff http://www.literateur.com/2009/07/you-can-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Max Cairnduff Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:21:59 +0000 http://www.literateur.com/?p=1288#comment-227 Nice article. I understand Fay Weldon is getting reissued in chick-lit style covers, as are many female writers actually. It probably shifts a few units, but I suspect leads too to a few surprised and possibly disappointed readers. Back in the 1980s, science fiction covers went down a similar road to chick-lit today. Every cover featured battling spaceships firing lasers against a backdrop of an alien moon. The content, frequently, contained none of those things. That said, it's hard not to love this Hard Case Crime effort: http://www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/2009/08/exclusive-hard-case-crimes-december-surprise-revealed.html as well as the massively misleading Orwell cover also at that link. On the cover coverage frontage more generally, I'm very fond of Caustic Cover Critic, at http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/ Nice article.

I understand Fay Weldon is getting reissued in chick-lit style covers, as are many female writers actually. It probably shifts a few units, but I suspect leads too to a few surprised and possibly disappointed readers.

Back in the 1980s, science fiction covers went down a similar road to chick-lit today. Every cover featured battling spaceships firing lasers against a backdrop of an alien moon. The content, frequently, contained none of those things.

That said, it’s hard not to love this Hard Case Crime effort: http://www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/2009/08/exclusive-hard-case-crimes-december-surprise-revealed.html as well as the massively misleading Orwell cover also at that link.

On the cover coverage frontage more generally, I’m very fond of Caustic Cover Critic, at http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Robin Boothroyd http://www.literateur.com/2009/07/you-can-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Robin Boothroyd Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:50:49 +0000 http://www.literateur.com/?p=1288#comment-117 Have to admit that I'm also a sucker for a good cover, but how often do you hear 'never judge a book by its cover' in a discussion about books? It's almost always about people, not books. Have to admit that I’m also a sucker for a good cover, but how often do you hear ‘never judge a book by its cover’ in a discussion about books? It’s almost always about people, not books.

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