Book covers

[Doolallygirl]

Does anyone else like me get angry when author's re-publish their books with a different front cover? I always seem to remember a cover but not the title so I've bought the same book twice! It's a con!

[LeMarchand]

Used to be in the book trade, and there are (usually) valid reasons for cover changes. These include: film covers, updating the back list so that the older books match the design of the new books, updating what was a strong design a few years back but is now dated or out of style, and a change of style to match a reclassification of the author's work. It only tends to happen when the books are almost all sold, as the publishers will generally have to take back stock with the old covers, so I don't think that they deliberately do it to con people into buying the same book twice! I used to keep a record of the books I had in an organiser, or if you have a PDA there are numerous programs you can download to catalogue your books (many of them are free!).

[froggequene]

I find it annoying when they're in mid-series and then they decide to change the covers, for example the adult covers on the Harry Potter novels.

[beale]

In HMV I spotted a copy of Sir Thomas Mallory's 'Morte d'Arthur' with a funky cover and tagline 'now a major motion picture starring Clive Owen' etc. on the front. If anyone's been duped into buying that because they enjoyed the film it would be a worthwhile con!

[fingerpie]

You certainly live up to your name Doolallygirl!

[Sky]

I only wonder how many books you must have to forget that you already own a copy.

[Doolallygirl]

I have a massive collection at home ranging from biographies, romances, war time stories, childrens books from years back (in case I can make a fortune in a couple of years from them!), seasonal books basically most types of book you can buy. I've filled up three cardboard boxes with them and I still have three bookshelves full. Time to get rid of some I think! Maybe all the duplicate titles!