That leaning tower of Legos template was also applied to the cover of “The Cold War Adventure’s of Revv” by Mark Revillugen (May 13, 2015) https://lousybookcovers.com/?p=228476
I am the author. And if you note on Amazon, I changed the cover from an Amazon inspired template design to a custom design. I hope you like the current cover better. “And don’t judge a book by its cover.”
Also, Kris I didn’t like the Y growing out of the guy’s head, or the Lego towers. It only looked like the above for one day and then I changed it to a snapshot design with the title below the picture. It took awhile to figure out Amazon Create Space cover creator to get both versions – eBook cover and paperback cover to match. Now I have changed the cover again. It is a custom design by a hired illustrator. I thought no one would notice my playing around with a cover. Boy are you all attentive!!. And the book is a parody about the classic, “The Perils of Pauline.” It is supposed to have a funny title. It’s a comedy. So once again, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
The cover is often the first impression of the book for most people browsing bookseller displays for something to buy and read. Books will be judged by their covers.
Yes, you are all correct. A book will be judged by its cover. But in the internet age where all mistakes are public and are in a public forum for fodder, I commend independent self-published authors like myself who are not afraid of failure, and learning from it. Young people nowadays (and I’m not young) are so afraid of failure that it breeds inaction and the inability to follow ones dreams, and goals.
In fact, ironically, that’s the moral and the perplexity of Pauline who was judged by her cover, but she wasn’t afraid to persevere. She was able to overcome her fear of failure. Now I’m talking both about the Pauline in my story and the Pauline in “The Perils of Pauline.” After all my book is a comedic parody on the old classic.
Because of your feedback, I’m adding a subtitle on the new cover, “A Parody on “The Perils of Pauline”” so people immediately understand that it is a comedy, and deserves a funny title.
Babe Ruth is known for his batting average, but people forget he was also known for his strike outs.
So, I got a new quote, “All publicity is good publicity.”
So don’t only just judge the cover, alas it was just a temporary cover, also read the book. Give all the Paulines out there a chance to thrive.
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Say that title five times fast.
I tried once and gave up out of boredom.
Paullne’s Perlls of Perplexlty
I will see your “Pauline’s Perils of Perplexity” and raise you one “Allosaur Alice’s Sleesaks”.
Well… you got the ghost Lego towers and the words to lean at the same angle. That’s something.
The most exciting thing on this cover is the letter “y” growing out of the guy’s head.
It seems that the cover models are so embarrassed that they can’t make eye contact with us. Even they know it is a lousy cover.
This looks like the opening slide of a PowerPoint presentation about car insurance.
…Pass.
The ebook cover (here) does not match the print cover. Same tilted photo, but the Lego towers are gone. And the font is legible.
Hey! Positive feedback! 😉
That leaning tower of Legos template was also applied to the cover of “The Cold War Adventure’s of Revv” by Mark Revillugen (May 13, 2015) https://lousybookcovers.com/?p=228476
Yes, it’s always a strong contender for the “Cargo Cult Template” tag because NOTHING goes well with it.
I am the author. And if you note on Amazon, I changed the cover from an Amazon inspired template design to a custom design. I hope you like the current cover better. “And don’t judge a book by its cover.”
Except you EXPECT people to judge a book by its cover — that’s why you try to put a good cover on it.
Also, Kris I didn’t like the Y growing out of the guy’s head, or the Lego towers. It only looked like the above for one day and then I changed it to a snapshot design with the title below the picture. It took awhile to figure out Amazon Create Space cover creator to get both versions – eBook cover and paperback cover to match. Now I have changed the cover again. It is a custom design by a hired illustrator. I thought no one would notice my playing around with a cover. Boy are you all attentive!!. And the book is a parody about the classic, “The Perils of Pauline.” It is supposed to have a funny title. It’s a comedy. So once again, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
The cover is often the first impression of the book for most people browsing bookseller displays for something to buy and read. Books will be judged by their covers.
Yes, you are all correct. A book will be judged by its cover. But in the internet age where all mistakes are public and are in a public forum for fodder, I commend independent self-published authors like myself who are not afraid of failure, and learning from it. Young people nowadays (and I’m not young) are so afraid of failure that it breeds inaction and the inability to follow ones dreams, and goals.
In fact, ironically, that’s the moral and the perplexity of Pauline who was judged by her cover, but she wasn’t afraid to persevere. She was able to overcome her fear of failure. Now I’m talking both about the Pauline in my story and the Pauline in “The Perils of Pauline.” After all my book is a comedic parody on the old classic.
Because of your feedback, I’m adding a subtitle on the new cover, “A Parody on “The Perils of Pauline”” so people immediately understand that it is a comedy, and deserves a funny title.
Babe Ruth is known for his batting average, but people forget he was also known for his strike outs.
So, I got a new quote, “All publicity is good publicity.”
So don’t only just judge the cover, alas it was just a temporary cover, also read the book. Give all the Paulines out there a chance to thrive.