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That's actually a good analogy, because the pictures of food on fast food menus are still useful in most cases. You can see the lettuce poking out and ask for i
by mandmandam 3y ago
That's actually a good analogy, because the pictures of food on fast food menus are still useful in most cases. You can see the lettuce poking out and ask for it to be removed, or ask for extra cheese.
The way a book is advertised absolutely tells you about the book, in most cases. There is a series of thought and decisions which go into making a cover, including finding a compatible artist and giving them a solid brief.
As with fast food, there are exceptions... But they are exceptions. It may be more of an heuristic than a rule, but it's undoubtedly often useful. The cover is part of the book, and an important part; both up to and beyond the advertisement.
- edgyquant 3y agoIt’s not a good analogy. Fast food images show the sandwich, even if a better version of it. This isn’t always the case for books, for instance in the expanse series the authors stated they write the book and send it off and then the publisher picks an image which has little relation to the books plot and was solely chosen to look cool alongside the books name.
- mandmandam 3y agoI'm not a super fan, but searching for 'The Expanse book covers' looks about right to my eyes. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=the+expanse+book+covers&atb=v340-1&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=the+expanse+book+covers&atb... You see they're in space, you get the impression that there's ships, that it's gritty, that it's sci fi, etc. None of those images look a million miles from the tone of the series, much less outright misleading. If there are exceptions to that, then they're exceptions to a clear general rule; much like with fast food menu pics.