Discussion How much the cover page of novels influence you to read or not to read?

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  1. expertsource10

    expertsource10 Well-Known Member

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    A big fat ZERO!
    Why?
    1) What matters are the tags and ratings. For example, if a novel has +3.9 rating, xianxia or wuxia and male mc tags, and doesn't have yaoi, slice-of-life, comedy, mecha... I give it a shot.
    2) Everyone uses paid covers nowadays, and they all look like each other.
    2.1) They are deceptive too.
    For example, my favorite novel, Reverend Insanity, initially had a cover with a temple and an 8 legged semi-spider humanoid for over a thousand chapters. It had NOTHİNG to do with the novel. There was no such creature, nor such a temple.
     
  2. Mr gentleman

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    Nope I don't really care about cover cuz it says almost nothing about the story and most of the times they are fan made. If I did care about covers I wouldn't have read TOCF cuz the current cover looks like a cover of yaoi novel:blobrofl:.
     
  3. Donaa

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    Okay. I love most of the covers. They are simply too beautiful.:blobnosebleed: I can give novel a try based on cover but if after a few chapters I don't find novel interesting then bye:cookie: If these novel where printed they would made nice shelf:aww:
     
  4. Norame

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    It didn’t really influence me much regarding novels but with any type of manga/webtoon
    Cover has to be 100% good art just so that I would be interested, because you’re reading with pictures no? With novels, it’s tags and summaries.
     
  5. All novels god

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    Well hook up to the novel after seeing all the genre and tags. I am totally into villain mc
     
  6. ExiledMage

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    Oh it’s expertsource 10, the guy who’s opinion amounts to feces

    To me it amounts to nothing really, but covers are important to stand out and grab my attention, and I know lot’s of people judge a novel by its cover so..
     
  7. expertsource10

    expertsource10 Well-Known Member

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    I dislike your comment.
     
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    To me it amounts to nothing really, but covers are important to stand out and grab my attention, and I know lot’s of people judge a novel by its
    I dislike yours.
     
  9. expertsource10

    expertsource10 Well-Known Member

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    I dislike your comment, too.
     
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    ExiledMage Well-Known Member

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    I now dislike your comment thrice.
     
  11. expertsource10

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    I dislike your comment.
     
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    I dislike your four comments.
     
  13. wiildflowers

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    Definitely. From my experience, the art style usually depicts the story in some way or another. Take light novels for example. If I see a cover with some anime girl with a ginormous chest and googly eyes, I'd be hesitant. But if the sypnosis is interesting enough, I'd give it a chance.
     
  14. WordEater

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    Definitely the first thing I check. I usually ignore if it has no cover or if the cover's a little bit... beyond my aesthetic approval. I can only remember a few that I read even with ugly covers but that's only because it was recommended to me via PM or conversation irl.