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Look-Alike Covers

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Anyone else notice the similarities here?

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  1. Tracy says

    January 6, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    There are many books in all genres with similar covers. I guess if I’m looking for a book that delves into polygamy, the signature cover involves braids and bare backs? Have you read either of those? I read The Chosen One – a real departure for me – and cried. Then I remembered why I don’t like to read books like that.

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  2. Caroline Starr Rose says

    January 6, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    I’ve read THE CHOSEN ONE, too. My mom happened to be reading THE 19TH WIFE while she was visiting at Christmas. Found it intersting the similarly-themed books had mirror covers, braids and all.

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  3. Valerie Geary says

    January 6, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    I like the one on the right because she doesn’t have a scrunchy… ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Melissa says

    January 6, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    So many covers, film posters, etc. are similar today, but some are simply better than others. I like the second cover better ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. Weronika Janczuk says

    January 6, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    They do look similar, but at least not as much as the ones that use the same exact images, etc.

    Thanks for sharing! This is an interesting thing to consider.

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  6. Sarah Skilton says

    January 6, 2010 at 5:13 pm

    Good call — these are very similar. In other media, the craziest promo posters I’ve seen were the ones for True Blood (TV show version) and the film Jennifer’s Body. The images were absolutely identical except for the little peek at fangs.

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  7. Solvang Sherrie says

    January 6, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    Interesting!

    The two books I noticed recently with similar covers are Lament by Maggie Stiefvater and The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. Both are black with ornate swords on the cover and both feature magical beings.

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  8. Catherine Denton says

    January 6, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    Poor authors. I wouldn’t want look-alike books.

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  9. Caroline Starr Rose says

    January 6, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    I can’t decide if I’d be disappointed or excited about the possilbe draw of other readers.

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  10. David J. West says

    January 6, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    I missed that earlier but yeah they do look a lot alike.

    I only saw the audio book cover for 19th wife-so it never dawned on me.

    Kinda makes me glad, that my own cover is fairly different.

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  11. ann foxlee says

    January 6, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    Huh. I have noticed it quite a bit in the urban ya fiction section too. Too many look alike covers seem to be making their way to the marketplace, and I can’t help but wonder whyu the art departments don’t have anyone researching that. One would think they’d want to have something eyecatching because it is new or dramatic, not because it looks like someone else’s work.
    Yikes.
    As a writer who began life in the visual arts, it just makes me cringe…

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  12. Tamika: says

    January 6, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    Similar covers and titles! Eck! I’m more a fan of the second selection.

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  13. T. Anne says

    January 6, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    Ha! I’d probably read them both.

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  14. Katie Ganshert says

    January 7, 2010 at 12:26 am

    I just read your comment on my post today. I LOVE The Phantom Tollbooth. Absolutely my favorite book as a child. I read it out loud to my 5th graders every year. We draw the characters and make a map of the fictional world. So much fun.

    I wish I could multiply myself like the Mathmagician too!

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  15. Sharon Mayhew says

    January 7, 2010 at 12:39 am

    Caroline–I just read your entry in Nathan’s contest. Well done! (and best wishes)

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  16. Caroline Starr Rose says

    January 7, 2010 at 12:49 am

    Katie! I’ve read PT to fourth and sixth graders. SO FABULOUS. Probably been through it 30 times. This is like meeting a long-lost friend.

    Ever have a words vs. numbers debate?

    I also had a word market, selling adverbs, adjectives, articles (I separated them out from the adjectives), nouns, and verbs. Really, really fun. I still have all the funny sentences kids made about me (I was the only proper noun), things like…(and here I go to get them…)

    Stinky Mrs. Rose walks softly.

    The yellow Mrs. Rose sweetly cries.

    An angry monster eats Mrs. Rose.

    Wild Mrs. Rose jogs violently.

    Mrs. Rose eats an angry giraffe.

    Hairy Mrs. Rose plays slowly.

    Mrs. Rose is a brainy teacher.

    The martian shouts, “Mrs. Rose!”

    Young Mrs. Rose growls quickly.

    My son insists I include Mrs. Rose is stinky, and Mrs. Rose is a blue mechanic.

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  17. Shannon O'Donnell says

    January 7, 2010 at 1:48 am

    I don’t think I would want my cover to look that much like someone else’s. I like the second cover much better, though.

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  18. Gerbera Daisy Mom says

    January 16, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    I had the same issue with flying children!!

    http://gerberadaisydiaries.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-flying-children.html

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