While browsing my online library catalogue, this book caught my eye: It captured me not because of its great reviews but because I could have sworn it was in my TBR pile with a different name. I searched through the pile and found this: Ah yes. Not quite the same book. Extremely similar cover, completely different book. Apparently, this… Continue reading Judging Books by their Covers
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Contents and Covers
I do it. You probably do it. Most people I know do it. We judge books by their covers. (And more than books, of course, but that's a topic I'm not getting into here.) After all the work that goes into writing and editing a book, whether someone will pass it by or pick it up depends an awful lot on the… Continue reading Contents and Covers
Catherine Austen 