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Which publisher does the worst covers and why is it Wordsworth Classics?

>> No.9048289
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Bumping with this monstrosity

>> No.9048324
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>>9048285
wait...

>> No.9048335
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>>9048324

>> No.9048336
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>> No.9048382
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>>9048285

>> No.9048415

>>9048285
>posting wrong answer in order to get me to post Tutis covers
nice try though

>> No.9048422

>>9048285
think you misspelled "best"

>> No.9048447

>>9048285
>Darling, walk with me through this lawn

>> No.9048496

>>9048285
What's wrong with it? That's Howth Castle and environs.

>> No.9048524

>>9048382
>>9048289
neither are bad, really

Penguin can fuck off though

>> No.9048528

>>9048285
can you post a pic of the text in some page? ordered a wordsworth and have never seen how it looks

>>9048496
yeah, joyce's and virgina woolf's covers in wordsworth aren't so bad, but some others like robinson crusoé or crime and punishment are disgusting

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>>9048336
Man, they are going to be disappointed

>> No.9049123

>Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog as every 19th century lit cover.

>> No.9049163

>>9048336
I'd actually be curious about what the game's producteur has to say about Dante's Inferno.

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>>9048524
why?

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>>9048528
>virgina woolf's covers in wordsworth aren't so bad,

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>> No.9049244
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>>9048285
Wordworth Classics manage to sell books for 2 pounds and fuck up their sale with disgusting covers

>> No.9049248
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rate mine

>> No.9049257
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Here's my worst tbqhwyf

>> No.9049287
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You faggots obviously haven't truly seen hell.

>> No.9049593

>>9049237
when compared to >>9049244? hell yes, its not so bad.

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Compulsory

>> No.9049979

>>9049878
Jesus fuck thats hilarious. He looks like he's in a Seth Rogen movie.

>> No.9050027

>>9048285
frankly i hate any cover of lolita that shows something resembling erotica. Makes it look like cheap bait.

>> No.9050032

>>9049237
top-tier semen demon right there

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>> No.9050092

>>9049244
This. Literally just rip off a piece of art from the 19th century like all publishers do instead of spending time on making some photoshopped Eldritch horror

>> No.9050138

Do Wordsworth purposely choose those covers as a joke?

>> No.9050155
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>>9050138
It's hard to say really, like, what were they thinking when they made the covers?

>> No.9050832
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This one right here

>> No.9050871

>>9050832
publisher is called kolibri(hungarian)

>> No.9050884

>not exclusively buying unmarked hardbacks

>> No.9050889

I don't know about publishers but "now a feature film" covers are the absolute worst.

>> No.9050907

>>9049244
i have that edition of candide, it's great!

>> No.9051000

>>9049244
Please tell me you shopped that and it is not the actual print.

>> No.9051083

>>9049248
If you made this it's not so bad. One criticism I have though it that all the stars seem too intricate. What I would recommend doing is using constellation art, such as a painting or something else with less complexity. I'm sure theres a god of war somewhere up in the night sky, so maybe pick Orion or something, and put the planet mars in there. Perhaps the night sky could be above a campsite or something.

>> No.9051086

>>9050155
Is this real. Holy this this is actually really funny.

>> No.9051108

Everyman's Library usually sucks.

>> No.9051111

>>9048336
I need this. Do you know who published it?

>> No.9051403

>>9049287
These get quite some love here, which I never understood. Were they trying to be smart with it or what? Those are annoying covers

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kek this one is horrible, wordsworth tier but...its the original text so I don't give a fuck about the cover t b h

>> No.9051754

>>9051738
i kind of think this is not too bad at all

like something a mexican would paint at the wall of his taco restaurant

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>>9051000
Nope it's real

>> No.9052066
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Thank God I stopped buying paperbacks!

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>>9051083
I make covers for my ereader since its in 12x16 ration and default ones turn out bad in black and white. But this one truly came out poorly.

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>>9051924

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>> No.9053141

>>9048324
>that MILF on the left
Would fuck

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>> No.9054042

>>9052066
>Being poor and buying used shit

>> No.9054061

>>9048285
Why? I think it's nice

>>9048324
>>9048335
10/10 I love them

>>9048336
Vomit-inducing

>> No.9054065

>>9049123
>Sea of Fog
it's Sea of Mist

>> No.9054229

>>9053134
FUCK

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i have this copy :(

>> No.9054262
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Not every Wordsworth cover is shit, desu.

>> No.9054269

Penguin modern classics covers are all just irrelevant stock photos

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Its a pretty good edition though.

>> No.9054428

>>9048335
me on the right

>> No.9054582

>>9048285
that's what you get for paying £1 for classics

>> No.9054588

>>9049235
Looks appropriate, what don't you like about it, anon?

>> No.9054604

At this point, honestly, I think they do it intentionally for advertising. They knew they couldn't stand out for being good, so they've opted to stand out for being bad.

>> No.9054608
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Probably Vintage. Their designs are consistently trash and their uniform red spines are almost undecipherable from a short distance.

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller isn't even the worst Calvino in the Vintage line-up.

>> No.9054612

>>9054371
do they sell this in the slavic equivolent of hot topic suicide squad brokencyde myspace hello kitty harley quinn meme master naruto

>> No.9054618

>>9048324
>>9048335
what are these, promotional stills for a european seinfeld starring stephen fry?

>> No.9054625
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>>9054608
Vintage can be surprisingly good, but a lot of their covers try to modernise the style of the classic and it doesn't usually sit well for me.

Saying that, I love the covers they put out for Mishima's works.

>> No.9054643

>>9054625
I actually agree with you, and contrary to popular opinion on /lit/, I like their Murakami covers too. But that still doesn't excuse the sort of rubbish they slapped on Calvino and Dostoyevsky.

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>>9054625
>>9054643
Forgot pic.

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>>9054643
Pooh. This is a good-looking book.

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>>9054683
I'm afraid I have to disagree. I personally think they're just too modern in an edgy, unsubtle way.

Unrelated, do you keep all your books in those library style plastic sleeves?

>> No.9054709

>>9054683
>>9054705
The faux Russian lettering... jeez.

>> No.9054718

>>9054705
Not my book. Just googled looking for the cover and thought one that showed it in 3d might give a better sense for why I think it looks okay. With the red spine and continued theme on the book, that one looks quite nice. Even if, you're right, the spelling of BROTHERS is I guess legitimately retarded.

>> No.9054725

>>9054718
*continued theme on the back, lmao

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>>9049244
They use to have nice covers and then recently they've been using ones with smirking LARPers.

I'm thankful the only worsworth stuff I bought were the old ones.

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>>9054612
Its in every bookshop. And thats how they did "The monk".

>> No.9055021

>>9054371
I was so excited for this edition, but they fucked it up so bad with the cover. ended not buying. Surprised there are other Bulgarians on here.

>> No.9055141

>>9054235
That's not bad at all

>> No.9055144

>>9049049
is that real? fuck

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>>9054235
>>9055141
It's definitely better than Penguin's latest effort.

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>>9050155

>> No.9055219

You have terrible taste in books

i will not forfeit and disagree

>> No.9055248

>>9055150
i always cringe when theres a 3d person in the cover