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Old 14th May 2008, 03:27 PM   #54 (permalink)
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Re: Do bad book covers influence you

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Originally Posted by Ice fyre View Post
Some covers can influence me, It wont stop me from reading it if the synopsis catches my interest. It is funny how a lot of covers bear absolutley no relation to the book that they are protecting. A bad cover does put my wife off though, which is amazing to me. She read the Assasins apprentice trilogy almost purley for the cover art.

In other words, she likes the art of Michael Whelan, as do I. I picked up the book because of his artwork. Was disappointed that he only did the first two in the series. However, I continued reading the books because they were good.
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