At the risk of sounding priggish, I have to say that no matter how graphically well-thought-out, all of these covers have a snickering adolescent aspect that would make me disinclined to read the books.
Thanks for your comments, everyone. Samuel, that 'Kvetch' cover is great! I see that the US edition uses the same image (under the title 'Born to Kvetch').
If only the designer of this cover had seen this post first:
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Happy strawberry.
Holy cats! Somebody has to use that image on a sex book cover NOW!
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ReplyDeleteAt the risk of sounding priggish, I have to say that no matter how graphically well-thought-out, all of these covers have a snickering adolescent aspect that would make me disinclined to read the books.
ReplyDeleteI work with books constantly in the course of my job, and just came across the following:
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It's one of the more interesting French book covers I've come across.
I vote for EAT ME too. I just finished reading A Melon For Ecstasy and these covers seem to fit right in.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, everyone. Samuel, that 'Kvetch' cover is great! I see that the US edition uses the same image (under the title 'Born to Kvetch').
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