Comments on: Linked: When Bad Covers Happen To Good Books

By: Andrea Harris

Andrea Harris — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:39:48 +0000

If you read science fiction and fantasy in the 70s and 80s, you soon learned to open the book as quickly as possible so as to not have to see the hideous, horrible, blinding covers.

By: Eli James

Eli James — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:29:55 +0000

Well, the adult editions for Harry Potter are pretty good …

As for the guy’s argument – I agree. I might not buy a book due to movie-based cover art, but to have a reading experience spoilt by one … now that’s a quirk I won’t like to have.

By: srsuleski

srsuleski — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:15:50 +0000

Out of the many different incarnations of Harry Potter coverart I’ve seen, Mary GrandPre’s are the only ones I find remotely palatable. But then, the last time I looked around the net for variations was when Deathly Hallows came out. Are there new editions since then?

I’m not sure I buy that guy’s argument. Yes, covers do have a lot of impact on whether or not I pick up a book when I’m browsing the shelves, and if I’m buying the book I want something with coverart that I like, but the idea of trying to read a book and not being able to get through it due to the coverart is… odd.

By: Eli James

Eli James — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:50:36 +0000

There really is only one way to react to that comment: =) I should note, however, that the adult editions of the Harry Potter books are all beautifully designed books. I only wished they’d come out sooner, before I started buying the children’s versions.

By: Clare K. R. Miller

Clare K. R. Miller — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:23:23 +0000

I knew I liked you, Eli ;) I’ve never been a fan of Mary GrandPre’s art.

Good argument for hiring someone to design a cover for a self-published book, though.