Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week.
Today’s question is:
Do you prefer covers with words or pictures?
We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in our Australasian Christian Writers Facebook Group.
Let’s chat!
I prefer pictures, am struggling to think of covers that are words only. The ones I can think of still have some sort of image (flower or something besides text only). It probably depends on the cover, title and genre. I think I still need some sort of image even if its only clipart type.
Your turn.
I look forward to reading your comments here or at the FB group.
I think it really depends on the book and what the author/editor is trying to emphasise about the story.
I agree with Jenny that even when the words of the title is the focus, there is always a background image.
If there are pictures, I really don’t like it when a face is wrapped around to the spine so that you only see one eye; and I also don’t like it when it feels like the face on the cover is constantly staring at you. Then there are the ones that cut off half a person’s head and I really do not like that.
Hi Jenny, Suspense and thriller books often have the big bold lettering for the title and author name, with the pictures downplayed in the background. Angela Ruth Strong’s illustrated cover for Hero Debut has all the words (title and author name) in her characters’s long hair and it could be described as a picture cover. I guess it depends on the genre.