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How come non-english publishers almost always have superior book covers? Here's the french edition of Man in the High Castle. Need I remind you of the english book cover?

>> No.10600784
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JUST

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This is the only binding acceptable

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The German publishing industry would like to differ

>> No.10600919

>>10600784
This is what happens when the CIA is in charge of dumbing down an entire continent.

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>>10600779
Enjoy

>> No.10601145

>>10601128
Why would you wear a watch with only one pointer?

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>>10600832
>>10600784
>>10600779
>>10600850

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I really despise these lazy covers, if they paid some artist a couple hundred bucks for an illustration they would make that money back easily.

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>>10600779
>Dick
heh

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>>10600779
I dunno, I kinda like this Anglophone edition

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>>10601244
The "literary" set can't appreciate them vintage SF covers. Instead they forever cling to muh minimalism.

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Dutch version

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brazilian version

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>>10601421
there's also this one

>> No.10601537

>>10601427
>do
>DO
>FROM IN PORTUGUESE
WHY?

>> No.10601583

Americans and *nglos are soulless, thats why

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>>10600779

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>>10600784
Looks straight out of the 90s, in the gay millennial sort of way

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More importantly why do US publishers fetishize over lther people's praise? The abacus IJ has 5 positive reviews on the back cover, 11 in the first two pages, and one one the front cover wtf. Plus there's a foreword by dave eggers which is basically gratuitous praise, and a few 'ads' of other works by DFW in the last pages, each one with two positive reviews below! Can't an ameritard eat his vegetables without ingesting a spoonful of sugar every now and then?

>Inb4 IJ is shit blah blah
Not the point. Many other english book I saw share this same 'feature', not so blatantly though. Here in Italy it is not so common to see that much praise except maybe a positive comment on the back cover or two, unless we count best sellers.

>> No.10602470

>>10600779
Actually how come writers aren't involved in the creative process most of the time? I'd be furious and I personally dislike buying books whose covers differ from the first edition - exceptions being text only covers.