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Violanthe
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PostTwilight by Stephenie Meyer

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:52 pm
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Look at the following cover. Imagine that you have only the cover and the information it provides (including images, title and author name) to decide whether to buy this (or any) book.

Would you buy this book having looked only at its cover? If so, what on this cover sold you? If not, what on this cover turned you off?

If you have, in fact, bought and/or read this book, tell us how well our verdicts guided us. Did the cover lead us rightly into great fiction? Or did the cover wrongly steer us toward a bad story or away from a great one?

So, would you buy this book by its cover?




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DougGogerty
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:51 pm
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Nope. The poison apple idea does not appeal to me.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:02 am
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It intrigues me; I'd at least look at it.

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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:26 am
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Although it did catch my attention, I don't think I'd actually purchase it.
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PostBuy the Cover

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:54 pm
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No, it looks to new. I can't explain that statement. I just get an ambivalent feeling about it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:15 pm
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How do you know the apple is poison, Doug?
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:47 pm
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Naturally, I don't. It just came to mind with the title -- twilight. It sounds very death-like to me. We are judging a book by it's cover, so I can make any snap judgements that I wish.
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:09 pm
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Interesting. I'd look at the back cover.
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:35 am
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Makes sense, Doug.

Mervi, what about this cover intrigues you enough to find out more?
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