OK, I’m fed up of this. There are companies out there where you can buy a decent, pre-made cover for $35 or a custom one for $60. OK, so the person making them is a newbie and I wouldn’t call the covers groundbreaking but by god they are better than this.
If you, as a writer, can’t be bothered to even spend the least bit of effort on a good cover, why should I assume you’ve spent any time on researching or editing your work? Why should I spend my limited money on a person who thinks THIS is acceptable?
I find there seems to be a clear correlation with cover art and quality or the book – well, judging by the free sample. So far I have not been tempted to buy any of these… 1 book that had good reviews (more than the obligatory Mum and BF) was the book with the giant braid in the cover, for example: and that was not the worst cover in here.
Then people whine about judging a book by it’s cover, sorry, for books the cover is MEANT to tell you something about the insides. Unlike your face which is as nature and years of high living has made it…
Jen
10 years ago
Is this some kind of Rorschach test?
I got nothin.
Near as I can figure, the black image in the back is 神 (God), although it’s stylized with some kind of big blotch in between the left and right elements. And the object on top of it is a sickle for harvesting rice. The whole image has had Photoshop’s “Twirl” filter applied ruthlessly.
I was scrolling down and my three year old daughter yells, “That’s our pillow!” And she was right. I have a small throw pillow with a crude calligraphy of GOD on it. That’s the background of this horrible cover… It looks like a horn-handled blade on top of the pillow with photoshop twirl applied. Don’t know what it has to do with anybody’s lunch though…
![cover[1]](https://lousybookcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cover164.jpg)
I had to go look to see if you were playing with our minds. Nope. This stupid cover is real. I am floored.
The book has ZERO sales, by the way. Is there any question as to why?
What even IS this?!
Okay, who divided by zero? Fess up.
I don’t understand what’s going on here.
OK, I’m fed up of this. There are companies out there where you can buy a decent, pre-made cover for $35 or a custom one for $60. OK, so the person making them is a newbie and I wouldn’t call the covers groundbreaking but by god they are better than this.
If you, as a writer, can’t be bothered to even spend the least bit of effort on a good cover, why should I assume you’ve spent any time on researching or editing your work? Why should I spend my limited money on a person who thinks THIS is acceptable?
Rant over.
I AGREE!!! If the author is so ignorant about covers, the writing is probably atrocious as well.
I find there seems to be a clear correlation with cover art and quality or the book – well, judging by the free sample. So far I have not been tempted to buy any of these… 1 book that had good reviews (more than the obligatory Mum and BF) was the book with the giant braid in the cover, for example: and that was not the worst cover in here.
Then people whine about judging a book by it’s cover, sorry, for books the cover is MEANT to tell you something about the insides. Unlike your face which is as nature and years of high living has made it…
Is this some kind of Rorschach test?
I got nothin.
Near as I can figure, the black image in the back is 神 (God), although it’s stylized with some kind of big blotch in between the left and right elements. And the object on top of it is a sickle for harvesting rice. The whole image has had Photoshop’s “Twirl” filter applied ruthlessly.
I was scrolling down and my three year old daughter yells, “That’s our pillow!” And she was right. I have a small throw pillow with a crude calligraphy of GOD on it. That’s the background of this horrible cover… It looks like a horn-handled blade on top of the pillow with photoshop twirl applied. Don’t know what it has to do with anybody’s lunch though…