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RE: Book review again ... oh, and book review
I'd say it probably is important for the book--a lot of people still make their initial choices on the cover, or so I've been told. Personally, I go more by the blurb and the opening pages. They not who I would have picked as a first choice, but on the other hand I didn't have to pay for cover design, so there's that!
I meant the details of the picture, that I mentioned. Yes, the picture as such is important I guess. It identifies the genre of the book on the shelve, before you have read anything. Romance, idyllic landscapes and so on, that attracts buyers who look for this kind of reading.
Well, there are different ways to approach this, I guess. Some authors go without any pictures, letting the imagination of the people spark curiosity (if it works). Or they use a simple drawn symbol.
It seems like with romances it's always either one or both protagonists on the cover, or a something akin to flowers and pastel colors. Personally, I'd take the characters, but I understand the reasoning behind not showing them.