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Anonymous Tue Apr 7 12:56:13 2020 No.15041555 [Reply] [Original]

Has there even been a good book with an awful cover?

Bonus if it's vice versa.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 12:57:46 2020 No.15041567 A lot of classic novels are published with ugly cheap covers.

Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:01:57 2020 No.15041602
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>>15041555
Book covers are publisher decisions, trying to market a book. They are independent to the book's quality.

Shit question, OP. This is now a cool cover thread. Pic related, English edition of 2666

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:05:16 2020 No.15041636 File: 33 KB, 313x500, 14355052_1114353481933143_494979440862918635_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15041555

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:06:11 2020 No.15041646 File: 119 KB, 474x745, .jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15041602

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:07:14 2020 No.15041651 File: 185 KB, 1400x2121, .jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15041646

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:09:58 2020 No.15041674 >>15041646 >>15041651 Fuck you, these are both kino book covers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:10:55 2020 No.15041683 File: 51 KB, 420x640, .jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15041674 No shit, idiot. You lack reading comprehension: >>15041602 What are you doing on a /lit/ board?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:14:54 2020 No.15041701 >>15041636 lmao

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:22:42 2020 No.15041747 >>15041646 BLACKED

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:24:21 2020 No.15041758 File: 493 KB, 2160x3840, 4CBBC964-9159-409B-8098-FC2FD4F63B1D.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15041555

>>	OuPi Tue Apr 7 13:56:28 2020 No.15041986 >>15041555 the classic cover for "The Catcher in the Rye" is pretty damn ugly, despite how good the book is.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:58:18 2020 No.15041996 >>15041636 Which one is this an example of though

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 13:59:14 2020 No.15042003 >>15041758 Excuse me but this is fucking awesome

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>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 15:45:52 2020 No.15042770 >>15041646 clearly that's "a walking shadow" it's a reference to the Shakespeare monologue the title comes from

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 15:47:44 2020 No.15042782 >>15041555 every good book of poetry ever

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 16:06:13 2020 No.15042907 >>15041758 nice

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 7 16:23:51 2020 No.15043027 >>15041555 Every Wordsworth

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