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― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 3 January 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago) link
looks like the paperback version is different.
― Catty (Catty), Monday, 5 January 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago) link
― jam, Monday, 5 January 2004 15:42 (twenty years ago) link
Contender for best thing said on ILX evah?
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― LondonLee (LondonLee), Sunday, 11 January 2004 21:44 (twenty years ago) link
As someone who has worked with the book trade for about sixteen years, I'd say you were delusional if you think you can't judge a book by it's cover.
It never fails....
― Land Ho (dymaxia), Sunday, 7 August 2005 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 8 August 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
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― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 8 August 2005 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes, they've got me. I'm not proud.
― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 08:38 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/37/ravilious/index.htm
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 08:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 08:58 (nineteen years ago) link
Basically after the success of Lolita, publishers started trying to market all of N's novels like they were trashy romances.
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 03:16 (nineteen years ago) link
http://poisonpie.com/words/others/collect/barthelme/images/60s_003.jpg
― would you please stop screaming? (pr00de), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 07:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― would you please stop screaming? (pr00de), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 07:59 (nineteen years ago) link
My girlfriend actually would not read the movie edition (the only copy available at the local B&N at the time) of "Possession" that I got her as a gift, even though she really wanted to read it, and borrowed another copy instead.
I was not insulted, however, because I completely understood.
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
http://poisonpie.com/words/others/collect/barthelme/images/cbdc_003.jpg
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 10 August 2005 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― spammer, Monday, 15 August 2005 09:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Here's one book I would judge by its cover:http://www.tryfoneblog.com/photos/50/29/5897aa3d5fc9.jpg
Because it really is a slightly dated seventies story.
I'm a sucker for any books with pictures of ships on the cover.
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Monday, 15 August 2005 09:33 (nineteen years ago) link
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― [p o k e r s p a m], Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Beryl Bainbridge is great.
My current favourite cover in our house, though, is this one:
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0571223214.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 06:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 06:20 (nineteen years ago) link
Especially compared with some generic wishy-washy cover like this one:http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/s_oursel/Books/090-yukiomishima-thesailorwhofellfromgracewiththesea.jpg
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 07:33 (nineteen years ago) link
I wish I was an ILB moderator, then I could remove the extraneous apostrophe from the thread title; it gives me pain every time I look at it. [Obsessiveness such as this is a very good reason why I shouldn't be a moderator, obv.]
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5676251828_f926d1813b.jpg
― the pinefox, Sunday, 1 May 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Welcome to the Bold and Blocky Instagram Era of Book Covers
https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/dazzling-blocky-book-covers-designed-for-amazon-instagram.html
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
Terrible Alison Bechdel cover for Woolf ahoy:https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/W/WEBP_402378-T1/images/I/91apsarQGAL.jpg
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 1 September 2022 09:24 (two years ago) link
I want to read that foreword..
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 1 September 2022 12:29 (two years ago) link
i no longer need to read the novel: bechdel mission accomplished!
― mark s, Thursday, 1 September 2022 12:38 (two years ago) link
oh no. i mean i admire the daring, in a way. deluxe edition lol.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:31 (two years ago) link
??
It was the best of covers, it was the worst of covers… pic.twitter.com/B9rQBWbWSB— Shalyn Claggett (@BadVictorianist) August 31, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 1 September 2022 20:46 (two years ago) link