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I saw someone recently mention that book covers are really samey now (BIG BOLD title and author name) and that's because they need to stand out on phones for eb

• ska 3y ago
  That is certainly plausible. It's a bit like the transition from LP records to CDs (and somewhat to tapes). With so much less room, covers became simpler and blander, at least in aggregate.
• creer 3y ago
  To be fair, so many illustrated book covers were designed and chosen without reading the book - or perhaps deliberately misleading the customer as to the contents. No fit to the story or complete misreading of the story. This did become tiresome. It felt like the artist had some paintings ready to go and the publisher just picked one from THAT artist - the one they usually like.
• Semiapies 3y ago
  Really, book covers were getting terrible by the late 90s and early Aughts. I remember the especially cringeworthy period where a few female Asian-American writers got semi-autobiographical books out, and the publishers slapped vaguely arty photos of bowls of rice on them.