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Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:10:13 2010 No.1337937 [Reply] [Original]

I cannot understand why so many publishers fail to understand the importance of a book cover. Yes, the words inside are of far greater value; but a good cover is the bait that reels the reader in. So, in appreciation, lets have a good/evocative cover thread.
I'll start with a fictional one which I feel is better than 90% of real covers. "Old Custer" by Eli Cash, from the Royal Tenenbaums (which I hated).

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:12:13 2010 No.1337942 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2MLfV1fhWQ

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:13:13 2010 No.1337944 File: 412 KB, 1600x900, The_Royal_Tenenbaums_066..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] A larger one of the above.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:18:13 2010 No.1337957 File: 177 KB, 600x914, 9781741667639..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Simple, clean. Not too busy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:19:13 2010 No.1337959 File: 76 KB, 620x407, TheVivisector..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I also like covers that span the front and back of the book. This is from "The Vivisector" by Patrick White.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:23:13 2010 No.1337971 File: 55 KB, 445x648, 9780374526764..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:27:13 2010 No.1337977 File: 55 KB, 566x859, picador75..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:28:13 2010 No.1337979 File: 300 KB, 520x795, delillo_underworld_1..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:30:13 2010 No.1337981 File: 45 KB, 320x500, 51XCF6513ML._bL160_..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:31:13 2010 No.1337983 My heart will not rest until I say this, OP. FUCK YOU, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE. STOP NOT LIKING WHAT I LIKE. Thank you, I needed that pre-teen moment.

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Anonymous Mon Dec 6 03:44:13 2010 No.1337996
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>absolutely nauseating and unbearably elegant

this is probably the best cover of any book ever, just momentarily hinted prepubescent vaginal lips, seen so briefly that you re-look, realize and consider the image and its context in terms of the novel.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:06:13 2010 No.1338014 http://www.latimes.com/features/books/2010-gift-guide/

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:08:13 2010 No.1338017 >>1337996 plus it's fuckin hot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:10:13 2010 No.1338020 File: 6 KB, 200x215, 9780297858805.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1337996 I have a strange hardback cover The hardcover has a cherry cutout and the fist page is a collage of strange coloured drawings of young girls I presume.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:17:13 2010 No.1338025 >>1337996 wow, that's actually really fucking good

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:22:13 2010 No.1338029 File: 20 KB, 324x500, John-Gall-Lolita-final-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1337996 My copy has the same cover, except the lips are horizontal.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:23:13 2010 No.1338030 >>1337996 iz dat shit legal? maybe >>1338029 is the version used in the states.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:24:13 2010 No.1338031 >>1338030 Yeah, that's what I'm guessing.

>>	Ralph Wiggum !!RbKRCS+NEzU Mon Dec 6 04:31:13 2010 No.1338036 >>1337996 Yes, that's one of the better covers I've seen. I've been resisting the urge to just go ahead and buy one of the editions of Lolita in my local bookstores, just so that I can buy that one from Amazon. Stupid Australia.

Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:41:13 2010 No.1338047
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>>1337937
Dude, I loved the Royal Tenenbaums. I don't get how anyone could not like that movie. But on the subject of the thread, I like the covers of classic books that appeal to a specific group of people like pic related which was a cover by comic artist Jason.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:46:13 2010 No.1338053 File: 166 KB, 384x615, lolita-21.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1337996 >>1338029 I hate those new covers. Looks like the cover of some shitty romantic comedy movie. This is what I have. And prefer. (Sans sticker, obviously.)

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:49:13 2010 No.1338058 >>1338053 Yeah, I kind of got it from the image, but anyone who knows anything about the book will get the significance of that cover and feel that mix of disgust and reverence.

Anonymous Mon Dec 6 04:49:13 2010 No.1338057

So the saying goes: "A picture says a thousand words." But when you have an 80,000 word novel and you have to either create or choose a picture to match it must get difficult. Also, I don't really care about covers. The best covers are leather/faux leather with a simple title.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:20:13 2010 No.1338099 File: 193 KB, 744x1173, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I read a lot of classics, so most of their covers are usually just the title or a painting. I love these old Penguin books though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:22:13 2010 No.1338100 File: 336 KB, 1024x438, 3812818974_2ea61a526e_b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Moby-Dick cover by Tony Millionaire ftw!

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:24:13 2010 No.1338101 >>1338100 YES. I fucking love these. All they need now is for Paul Pope to do a cover for 1984, Micheal Allred to do one for Brothers Karmakov, and Jim Lee to do one for Kavalier and Clay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:24:13 2010 No.1338102 File: 129 KB, 909x682, 0011.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:26:13 2010 No.1338103 File: 496 KB, 1420x2334, Livre(1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:26:13 2010 No.1338104 File: 511 KB, 1427x2178, Livre(2).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:28:13 2010 No.1338106 >>1338102 Great. A whole bunch of books that are too big to actually hold and read. Enjoy hunching over those while they sit on a table or somesuch. That is assuming you have/are going to actually read them.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:31:13 2010 No.1338114 File: 1.01 MB, 1186x1719, julesvernesHetzelMaitreAntifer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:32:13 2010 No.1338116 File: 87 KB, 459x595, arabian-nights.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1338106 enjoy your crystal bone syndrome fuckface

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:33:13 2010 No.1338121 File: 62 KB, 437x595, 73241046.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:33:13 2010 No.1338122 File: 76 KB, 600x279, hungergamestrilogy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:35:13 2010 No.1338126 File: 265 KB, 1600x1200, Necronomicon-745239.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:36:13 2010 No.1338128 File: 222 KB, 800x1086, Wind_Up_Girl_by_Raphael_Lacoste.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] all right I'm out, cy@~

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:37:13 2010 No.1338129 >>1338122 >Consider these cool >Also wear trenchcoat w/ shorts. >foreveralone.jpg

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:37:13 2010 No.1338130 >>1338106 >Implying poster's pic is his own house haha retard

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:38:13 2010 No.1338131 >>1338129 how does minimalist symbolism relate to hobo cross dressing ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:41:13 2010 No.1338133 File: 54 KB, 607x407, trollface.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1338131

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 05:47:13 2010 No.1338137 >>1338114 >>1338104 >>1338103 Frenchfag kicks major ass, they're fantastic _ Do you actually own them ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 06:36:13 2010 No.1338174 >>1338137 Tout à fait. ;D

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 08:41:13 2010 No.1338314 Bump for old custer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 6 09:10:13 2010 No.1338332 File: 29 KB, 303x475, c7423.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] /thread also the best book mentioned thus far great captcha: once. Azzans

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