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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Interesting - I NEVER flip through a book before reading it. I'm paranoid that I'll turn to the critical plot turn and give everything away.
Titles are helpful but again, not always.
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Yeah, I should clarify. Most of the time I skim the first couple pages. If I go beyond that, it's usually just a passage or two somewhere in the middle. Part of why this probably isn't a problem for me is that I don't tend to read books right after getting them. Also, anything I read in the book is going to be far more meaningful to me after having read everything before it. Most of the time it is only when I get to that point that I even remember having read it.
Like mixedmedia, I am also more attracted to photographs on book covers than artwork,
especially if there are people involved. I also dislike seeing scenes from the book (or what could be construed as such) on the cover. That said, I imagine the typical fantasy reader demographic might be a bit different (I assume they are since artwork seems to be particularly predominant on fantasy novel covers). If it's not an interesting photograph on the cover, I prefer a very simple cover.