• givesomefucks
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, the point of a book cover is to sell the book…

    • netvor
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      2 years ago

      The point of a book cover is to cover the book.

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        2 years ago

        That’s one of the purposes of a cover, you could achieve it without any design effort.

        But that’s not the point, not the main purpose of a book cover. Your previous poster is right, the cover is advertising the book.

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          2 years ago

          The “cover art***” sells it, then. They were trying to be funny I think lol

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          2 years ago

          I thought the point of the dust jacket is to make books look shabby when they get crinkled and torn, so you can take it off and find a perfectly serviceable cover underneath.