Judging Books By The Cover

Gerry noticed
This National Post Story on book covers.

They say there are two groups of people who read, The group that reads all the time wants the non-movie-tie-in cover. The other group consists of people who go to movies and then realize that the movie is based on a novel, and then they want the book.

\”When you read, you live with the characters, and their faces might not coincide with what\’s on the cover. Maybe there\’s a little bit of snobbishness in wanting the original, and most people aren\’t so picky, but our regular customers usually like to have the original covers.\”