Musing Mondays: Judging a Book by the Cover
Filed Under (Musing Mondays) by Morbid Romantic on Jul 13, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
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My mood is: 
Tired
All the ETC: 
We all know the old adage about not judging a book by it’s cover, but just how much sway does a book cover have when it comes to your choice of book – whether buying or borrowing? Are there any books you’ve bought based on the cover alone?
I have never bought a book specifically for the cover or denied a book based on the cover. Ultimately, the cover doesn’t matter. But that’s not to say that the cover means nothing to me. Let me explain… or at least try to…
I do admire nice looking books covers, but I will buy a book that has a boring or ugly cover if the story sounds like one I would like or the reviews speak positively of it. I am more interested in the quality of the book itself than how it looks on the outside. A pretty book is always nice to buy and I will typically buy the version with the more attractive or appealing cover if I am to choose between two of the same book. Simply, if I want to read it and there is a plain cover version and a pretty cover version, I will buy the pretty cover version. If there is only a plain or ugly cover version but the book is one that I am very interested in, I will still purchase or borrow it. Most of the time, I only just glance at the cover.
Covers DO say something about the quality of the book, though. Poorly made covers are usually self published. A lot of people shy away from self published. But then ‘good’ or ‘classic’ books sometimes have pretty boring covers. Like a version of Homer’s works with just the titles and a Greek vase. Appropriate, sure, but boring and in no way indicative of the wonderful stories within. That’s why I try to give all books that sound good a chance.
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true, I will certainly buy a book with an unattractive cover. but something has to make me look at the book in the first place and than is often a very nice cover.