r/BookCovers • u/LaPasseraScopaiola • Feb 07 '26

Question Judging by the cover?

Honest question, do people really judge a book by its cover? Especially for e-books? ​ I can't remember a single one. ​What is important for me it's that the book doesn't start losing pages. ​

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u/GerfnitAuthor Feb 07 '26

Since people can’t absorb the words through telepathy, the only thing they have to go on is an instinctual reaction to the cover of the book. That’s unfortunate, because some of my novels are pretty damn good, but I cheaped out and created the cover myself. I expect I’ve lost sales because of it.

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u/FattierBrisket Feb 07 '26

I'm sad you don't have a link on your profile. Am intrigued to see exactly how bad these covers/how good the books are.

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u/GerfnitAuthor9 Feb 07 '26

http:www.gerfnit.com Guess which ones I made versus the ones I paid for.

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u/FattierBrisket Feb 07 '26

Oh wow you are not wrong about some of those! At least you can always change the covers later if you decide to.