Book covers are something that often rub me the wrong way. So many books these days look the same, some to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize a specific book or distinguish it from another. Why do so many book cover artists insist on using the same stock photos? Are there not enough photos out there to let a book have a somewhat original cover? Below is a lovely infographic that highlights the stock photo issue and other book cover issues. Enjoy 🙂
Courtesy of: http://www.freshessays.com
I get upset with the lack of originality in covers. I mean, an author puts the life into creating a book with an original story and they get an unoriginal, uninspired cover?
Which makes me think the book itself is unoriginal and uninspired…
Well, I’m reading Little, Big now – how strange to find out there’s another book out there with the exact same cover! This phenomenon was completely unknown to me… Like I said, strange…
Yea it does kind of throw you off when you see it for a book you’re reading, and especially if you didn’t expect it to be a stock photo.
Love this post! I once posted about one guy who I see on TONS of covers (often the same image). It’s so frustrating because it gets hard to tell the books apart!
Let me guess, he’s gorgeous and has long hair and tats?
Actually, no. I mean, he’s attractive, but he’s just sort of brooding. You can see him HERE.
Ah, I was thinking of the guy on the cover of Easy/Breakable (and a ton of other romance books)