Chasing His Mate

November 7, 2013

That’s the cover? A 233-page novel, and that’s the cover?

BOO-ring WTF

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Kris

11 years ago

*slaps forehead, and walks away from the computer, shaking my head*

James F. Brown

11 years ago

Minimalism isn’t always the best way to go!

But at least it’s not as horrible as many of the covers showcased here.

Jen

11 years ago

Reply to James F. Brown

Oh yes it is! What the hell! I’ve seen minimalism in a museum but this is sheer crap.

Bruce

11 years ago

Because getting right to the point isn’t always a good thing.

At least there weren’t any headless torsos.

Jen

11 years ago

Reply to Bruce

True. But that would at least give us something to laugh about.

Axolotl

11 years ago

If only the text were in Arial. Then it would be completely unpretentious, instead of just mostly unpretentious.

red

11 years ago

I’d go for an all-white background with text in all lowercase light gray Helvetica Ultra-light.

And a headless pseudo-Bigfoot torso, of course.

Jen

11 years ago

Reply to red

Yeah, where’s Bigfoot when we need him?

Sue

11 years ago

The real winning touch here is that they couldn’t even bother to center the title text.
Extra points for the bad kerning between the A and the T in mate.

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