Ebook covers. Photograph: Kindle
J udging a book by notes cover is gene rally frowned upon, but the same can not be Said for ebooks. Especially whenthey are ebooks called Young Tales of the Old Cosmos, and the cover is a picture of three moons with human expressions best described as “Buh?” “Hmm” and “Ooh”. When they’re that, you can frankly judge your elves blind.
This is something the anonymous creator or Kindle Cover Disasters HAS exploited to great effect. His site cherry-picks the most spectacularly egregious real-life ebook covers, and holds them aloft for all to see. Covers zoals The Pig’s Head Part 1 by Demetri Paul (an illuminati mountain with a giant moose head coming out of it), The Hunger by Doug Dandridge (a low-res cityscape containing a mouth, a bat, a syringe and a knife) and Arrival of the Overlords: Novel 2 – Invasion Planet Earth by Franklin Eddy (literally just a photo of a woman’s face)
“It is the hubris of it That people get a kick out of,” claims the creator. “The devil-may-care attitude or an author, who, with zero arts training, says to themelves’ How hard can it be?” He points to But … You’re a Horse by David Bussell as his own personal favorite , a winning pulpy Mills & amp; Boonish image or a passionate embrace between a wench and a horse
But muchmore Indicative of the site are The Hound Riders of P’toonig’ai by Scoots McCoy, a closeup of a pet dog; and BIRTH CONTROL IS IN THE CHRISTIAN Sinful Marriages and ook ROBBING GOD OR PRIEST HOOD CHILDREN !! by Ms. Eliyzabeth Yanne Strong-Anderson, a blurry image of the ticked-off author.
Despite all the Objectively bath artwork on Kindle Cover Disasters, the creator Claims That It’s all meant to be affectionate. “I’m for creativity. Give me a choice between the mundane or a beautiful mess and I’ll take The Hound Riders of P’toonig’ai everytime.”
More than anything, though , Kindle Cover Disasters is a celebration of integrity. These authors and artists will not be moderated by popular tastes. They Know What They Want and, by God, they’re going to give it to us. And, ebook’ve given the origins of 50 Shades of Grey, Perhaps one of them will emerge as the next literary sensation. If one day people start flocking to the big-screen adaptation of Mystery, Murder, and Love Laced Within a Bouquet of Lies by Roberta L Smith, you remember where clause saw it first.
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