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>the book has "a novel" written on the cover

>> No.11804373
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>the book has "an NYT bestseller" written on its cover
>the book has a 5-star rating on its cover
>the book has quotations of praise on its cover
>the book has dust covers
>the book's title is written in an extravagant flashy font

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>>11804362
>A triumph

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>The book materializes and dematerializes sporadically through the day, always with new content inside. usually misanthropic rantings about a God that has abandoned us, or banal details about what the neighbor ate yesterday. You cannot throw it away or escape, for it will only reaper in your lap later.

>> No.11804416

The literary sensation of the year, the "Love Child of Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace", has a blurb by Sarah Jessica Parker on the back.

YIKES

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>I laughed from start to finish - Actor Celebrity the publishers think will appeal to the target market

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>> No.11804605

>>11804362
>The adjective story of one wo/man's adjective journey...

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>>11804568

>> No.11804648

>>11804568
5-star post

>> No.11804671

>>11804373
>the book has a quote by Toni Morrison on the back
>the book has a quote by Jonathan Lethem on the back

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>>11804376
>the book's title has "triumph" in it

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>>11804362
>a tour-de-force

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>>11804362
>book doesn't have "novel" written on the cover but is a novel anyway

>> No.11804709

>>11804671
>Jonathan Lethem
what’s his reputation round here, is he a meme? I read Chronic City like 5 years ago and found enjoyment in it.

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>book just has a Manila yellow background and the title in red with the Èditions Gallimard logo on the bottom

>> No.11804786

For a long while in the UK, any time you found a second-hand classic, literally anywhere, it would have a "BBC Big Read Top 100" sticker on the front. Always unread.
The Big Read thing took place in 2003 and I was still seeing those stickers almost a decade later.

>> No.11804818

>>11804692
>a tour de France

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>the book exists

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>>11804362
>book has cover that talks to you, telling you that you're one of the cia's "targeted individuals" and you need to kill ***** ******** in the next 24 hours or else the capsule in your neck vein will explode killing you instantly

>> No.11804887

>>11804768
based and tastepilled

>> No.11804888

>>11804373
>What is marketing?

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>>11804376
>A TOUR DE FORCE

>> No.11805413

>the book isn't looseleaf notebook paper stapled together

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>>11804896
>A TOUR DE FRANCE

>> No.11805981

>>11804888
It's only useful for before you buy the book. It's just annoying afterwords

>> No.11806002

>>11804568
>they change the book cover to a still from the movie

this shit triggers me beyond reason

>> No.11806003

>>11804687
Jesus, that makes me want to puke

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>>11804768
>he likes fucking mustard and ketchup books

>> No.11806069

>Livre avec un bandeau rouge, déclamant le nom d'auteur (ou autre chose) en majuscules

>> No.11806095

>>11805413
House of Leaves

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>>11806002
>they try to change the title

>> No.11806136

>>11806104
This fucking got me.

>> No.11806144

>>11804872
that old chestnut

>> No.11806215

>>11804362
No really, why do they do this?

>> No.11806231

>>11806006
Gallimard is pure aesthetics
Prove me wrong

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>The book has a Wolfsangel on its cover

>> No.11806279

>>11804692
Okay but I would love it if someone turned something I wrote into a musical

>> No.11806320

>>11806231
Yellow and red are analogous colors which are a fucking abomination if one is poorly saturated, which is always yellow, worse if it's red, and by default means the book has bad color chemistry and should be discarded at any cost.

>> No.11806351

>Authors name in huge block capitals
>actual title in microscopic letters underneath

>> No.11806686

>>11806320
Editions de Minuit it is then

>> No.11807010

>>11804420
>on Anne Frank's Diary

>> No.11807241

>>11806253
Umm like woah that is not cool could you like delete this please?

>> No.11807283

>>11804402
I'll take "what is /lit/ for 400?"

>> No.11807300

>>11806215
to advertise that the novel is a novel, as opposed to a non-fiction book