Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down13
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-square"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squaredaisy lazarus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI think the point is that the cover is never guaranteed to accurately represent the book. Quality of cover =/= quality of book
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAlthough, I’ll never buy a book where the author’s name is in bigger, bolder font than the title of the book. I hate that trend in cover design and I refuse to support it.
minus-square–Phase–@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIs this still a thing? I thought this was mostly popular in the 90s and dropped out of popularity in the last couple decades.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoYeah, the point of a book cover is to sell the book…
minus-squarenetvor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe point of a book cover is to cover the book.
I think the point is that the cover is never guaranteed to accurately represent the book.
Quality of cover =/= quality of book
Although, I’ll never buy a book where the author’s name is in bigger, bolder font than the title of the book.
I hate that trend in cover design and I refuse to support it.
Is this still a thing? I thought this was mostly popular in the 90s and dropped out of popularity in the last couple decades.
Yeah, the point of a book cover is to sell the book…
The point of a book cover is to cover the book.