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Violanthe
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PostThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:14 am
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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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Epitarc
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:22 pm
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I think I'd be inclined to atleast pick this up and take a look.

Haven't heard of the author so that doesn't sway me either way, but i like the cover itself. If the back was positive this might make it into my "read basket".
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:02 pm
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This one doesn't really do anything for me. (Except make my eyes hurt). Pass.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:43 pm
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It's at least enough to make me read the back cover. I might even read a page or two. The artwork ties together very nicely with the title.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:58 am
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Interesting. I too would look at the back cover to see what it's about.
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PostBuy the Cover

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:57 pm
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No, is that poisin ivy?
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Violanthe
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:17 pm
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Something about the words being entangled in the artwork turns me off. It makes the artwork seem less interesting to me.
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