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What the fuck is wrong with Wordsworth Classics covers and why are they almost exclusively fucking hideous?

>> No.12252202
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>> No.12252208

Fuck, those covers always make me laugh.

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>> No.12252293

>>12252238
is that ricky berwick in there

>> No.12252320

>>12252238
Tell me about the man. Why does he wear the iron mask?

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>> No.12252416

Based post modernism.

>> No.12252426

>>12252416
fuck off you fucking trumptard fucking bastard, aw abloo bloo bloo big black woman taking over scares you? Bitch

>> No.12252444

Can someone post the Symposium? I can't find it anywhere.

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>>12252200
Obligatory

>> No.12252449

>>12252200
To encourage our youth to see intellection as embarrassing--a fucking retarded polity is easier to control.

>> No.12252454

Are these a joke?

>> No.12252459

>>12252202
From fag barista to insufferable craft beer critic

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they're cheap enough to be an option despite the covers, and since we keep meme'ing them it becomes free marketing.
At least that's my own terrible theory

>> No.12252481

>>12252200
Why Tom looking like some English lesbian finna dab on the patriarchy?

>> No.12252489

>>12252252
The shadows on this one are coming from opposite angles.

>> No.12252492

>>12252200
They appeal to hipster contrarian faggots that love being consumers.

>> No.12252495

>>12252252
Keeanu?

>> No.12252513

>>12252489
look at the woman, she's not sitting down, she's standing up and someones just superimposed a bit of wood around her ass

>> No.12252529

There's literally nothing wrong with Wordsworth for English language stuff. Notes and introductions are for plebs. Their Hume collection is superb

>> No.12252534

>>12252200
anything as long as its not bantam

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I thought I got fucking Mandella'd when I remembered a different face, but it turns out they really do poorly shop faces onto bodies.

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>>12252559
This is some bullshit. You can literally see where they poorly blended on the previous guy's beard.

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>> No.12252593

>>12252392

Is this real?

>> No.12252597

>>12252578
This isn't real

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>>12252200
this is now a cool covers thread

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyPbLqK1un4

>> No.12252611

>>12252605
>no trigger discipline
bad start

>> No.12252615

>>12252586
holy shit its real noooooo

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>> No.12252640

>>12252252
This one wins

>> No.12252646

>>12252593
https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Illustrated-Platinum-ebook/dp/B017YB4AJ4

>> No.12252649

>>12252200
they look cheap on purpose so cheap cunts will buy them

>> No.12252655

>>12252426
Implying I imply it was bad.

>> No.12252675

>>12252608
If this isn't real, it should be.

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>> No.12252702

I think it's an inside joke within the company. Same principle as Netflix summaries; they noticed they were terrible, and kept them going just for the giggles.

>> No.12252711

>>12252675
oh its real
https://www.amazon.com/Gullivers-Travels-Wordsworth-Classics-Jonathan/dp/1853260274

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>>12252200
>>12252202
>>12252210
>>12252216
>>12252221
>>12252238
>>12252252
>>12252392

These aren't fucking real. No way.

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The covers are mostly terrible but the books themselves are actually decent quality. I got the Wordsworth's Classic version of Ulysses for my 16th birthday and it's still in pretty good shape, the spine has just the right amount of give for a book of its size and Ulysses' cover in particular isn't bad.

>> No.12252781

>>12252646

Christ...

>> No.12252844

>>12252392
>>12252646
This has to be fake. Someone is either fucking with you or the publisher deliberately took the most ridiculous photo imaginable as the cover.

>> No.12252856

>>12252775
I got their Moby Dick version, didn't notice the cover was a poor photoshop job until much later

>> No.12253005

It has to do with copyright laws concerning works in the public domain. The publisher has to contribute some original content in order to copyright them. You shouldn't buy these because they're shady as fuck. All they do is take free epubs from Gutenberg, slap a hastily photoshopped cover on it, throw in some truly random pictures so they can list in on Amazon as "with illustrations" and then they charge a premium for it.

>> No.12253015

But why? Wordsworth are sold so fucking cheap, surely they could put some money aside for getting decent covers?

>> No.12253016

>>12252200
I honestly think they became aware of how bad those covers were and just rolled with it as an ironic meme.

>> No.12253073

>>12252630
wow, Dishonored has some really good concept art

>> No.12253089

>>12253015
They employ four people.

>> No.12253111

>>12253015
They're cheap because the works they sell are in the public domain, meaning they're free.

>> No.12253245

>>12253111
>>12253111
yeah but even so they must have SOMEONE on their staff who isnt dogshit at editing photos

>> No.12253278

>>12253015
>>12253111
I dont understand why they dont just leave the covers completely blank. Would be far better.

>> No.12253306

>>12253005
>they're shady as fuck
How?
>All they do is take free epubs from Gutenberg, slap a hastily photoshopped cover on it, throw in some truly random pictures so they can list in on Amazon as "with illustrations"
Nothing about this is shady, the whole point of works being public domain is that anyone can publish them.
>then they charge a premium for it
No they don't, Wordsworth editions are really cheap

>> No.12253331

>>12253306
How the fuck are you going ask how and then quote the answer and then respond to that? Charging a premium doesn't mean they charge a lot, it means they charge more than it's worth. If you took something that's free and turned around and sold it for 10 cents that would be you charging a premium. Fuck you and your greentext.

>> No.12253427

>>12253278
honestly yeah, just have the name up top and bottom, looks very classy
Even penguin does that shit

>> No.12253476

>>12252375
kek

>> No.12253477

>>12252775
shit i just bought the exact same Ulysses print today

>> No.12253487

>>12252618
truly kektier

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kino

>> No.12253526

>>12252202
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Dorean BLONDE and HOT and a WINK not a Hispanic bear

>> No.12253534

>>12252775
This looks great as a matter of fact.
The spacing between the image and the black around the page is nice.

>> No.12253617

>>12253278
It's funny.

>> No.12253630

>>12252611
why would a roastie know about trigger discipline?

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>> No.12253692

>>12253630
Because the man who is letting her hold his gun presumably told her.

>> No.12253704

>>12252392
NO

>> No.12253908

>>12252775
The Ha'penny has been photoshopped over a different riverside background.

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>>12252775
Dover Thrift Editions are also decent. Same price as the Wordsworth ones (€3.50 usually), but less embarrasing.

>> No.12253936

>>12253931
theyre boring but at least theyre not embarassing

>>12253507
kino but unironically

>> No.12253967

>>12252202
wasn't dorian supposed to be a femenine type of attractive?

>> No.12253972

>>12252252
Man I don't know anything about photography or photoshop but I can tell why this is shit

>> No.12254023

>>12252252
this looks shopped. i can tell because of the pixels, and from having seen quite a few shopps in my time