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I’ve noticed a recent trend, specifically in the romance genre of books where they have these very generic, colorful, illustrated covers. These covers, to me, suggest light-hearted themes throughout the book but upon further inspection they are anything but. So my question is, why? Is it to broaden audiences, more specifically, is it to get children more interested in the genre? I honestly have no clue. My only thought is that if more children are reading those books, they’re less likely to notice the lazy writing. This has been weighing on me for awhile, and I’m very curious to see if others have noticed and have any opinions. Thanks for reading if you made it this far!! May your day be full of blessings 🪷

@argo_valve

2d ago

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@marxinista

you might enjoy these two articles on flat and blob book covers: https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/08/flat-book-cover-design-why-do-all-the-summer-novels-have-the-same-look.html and https://www.printmag.com/book-covers/the-book-cover-behold-the-book-blob/

2d ago

@argo_valve

@MARXINISTA thank you so much sweetness, I’ll be sure to give these a read!! :)

2d ago

@marxinista

p.s. next time try posing questions as an “ask”! people can directly reply with posts and you’ll likely get more responses that way :)

2d ago

@argo_valve

@MARXINISTA eep!! I’ll keep that in mind, thank you!!!! :D

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