Adult book cover designs for kids' books

[Pickman's model]

You know why

no, i don't

 

[Orang Utan]

no, i don't

Chinny reckon

 

[Pickman's model]

So? At least my example refers to something real. Charlie's relationship with Wonka resembles a parental one. Wonka sees Charlie as an heir but fails to account for the fact that Charlie has ideas of his own, and different priorities.

er... charlie's relationship with wonka resembles a filial one. wonka's relationship with charlie resembles a parental one.

 

[Orang Utan]

er... charlie's relationship with wonka resembles a filial one. wonka's relationship with charlie resembles a parental one.

Wevs

 

[Pickman's model]

Chinny reckon

if you want to spout shit about you knowing better than i what i'm doing when i'm clearly saying to dlr 'don't judge a book by its cover' then you do that. but pls do that in the privacy of your own head where no one else need ever know what vapid wank flitters through your mind.

 

[SpookyFrank]

if you want to spout shit about you knowing better than i what i'm doing when i'm clearly saying to dlr 'don't judge a book by its cover' then you do that. but pls do that in the privacy of your own head where no one else need ever know what vapid wank flitters through your mind.

I find you can usually judge what the book is called from its cover, and often you can take a reasonable guess at who wrote it and which language it's printed in.

 

[danny la rouge]

I *always* judge a book by its cover.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Librarians fight!

 

[SpookyFrank]

I find you can usually judge what the book is called from its cover, and often you can take a reasonable guess at who wrote it and which language it's printed in.

And if the author's name is in embossed, shiny letters that take up more than a third of the cover, you can be 99% sure that the book is garbage.

 

[danny la rouge]

Librarians fight!

They do, but quietly.

 

[Pickman's model]

I find you can usually judge what the book is called from its cover, and often you can take a reasonable guess at who wrote it and which language it's printed in.

you can usually judge what it is called but not always which is why librarians take the title from the title page within the book and not from the cover.

 

[Orang Utan]

if you want to spout shit about you knowing better than i what i'm doing when i'm clearly saying to dlr 'don't judge a book by its cover' then you do that. but pls do that in the privacy of your own head where no one else need ever know what vapid wank flitters through your mind.

I don't really want to have an argument ovrr this. I'm in agreement with you about the cover not being connected with the book. It is tedious getting bogged down in these exchanges with you. You come across like a don marking an essay and scornfully taking an exception to an imperfectly expressed argument. I'm not writing a dissertation.

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't really want to have an argument ovrr this. I'm in agreement with you about the cover not being connected with the book. It is tedious getting bogged down in these exchanges with you. You come across like a don marking an essay and scornfully taking an exception to an imperfectly expressed argument. I'm not writing a dissertation.

you didn't need to bog yourself down by starting down the path of saying a post addressed to another poster was addressed to you.

moving on.

 

[SpookyFrank]

you can usually judge what it is called but not always which is why librarians take the title from within the book and not from the cover.

They only look inside the cover because that's where the bit of paper is that they stamp with the stampy thing.

Or they used to, at my local library they expect the counter staff to deal with housing benefit enquiries and food bank referrals so generally they're too busy to deal with books and you get directed to the self-service machine that only works on alternate thursdays

 

[Orang Utan]

you didn't need to bog yourself down by starting down the path of saying a post addressed to another poster was addressed to you.

moving on.

I never said it did. I was just observing the fact that you were questioning what I said about existing paintings being used for book covers, then following up that by posting two pictures that clearly illustrate the point I was making (rather clumsily, admittedly).


Have yourself a lovely evening, Pickman's.

 

[Pickman's model]

They only look inside the cover because that's where the bit of paper is that they stamp with the stampy thing.

ah. but some libraries have the date label at the back of the book. i don't think i betray a confidence when i say the title entered on the catalogue comes from the title page within the book and not from the cover.

 

[Pickman's model]

I never said it did. I was just observing the fact that you were questioning what I said about existing paintings being used for book covers, then following up that by posting two pictures that clearly illustrate the point I was making (rather clumsily, admittedly).


Have yourself a lovely evening, Pickman's.

i was addressing danny la rouge. but let's put that to one side as i wish you a pleasant evening. and now we move on.

 

[Orang Utan]

They only look inside the cover because that's where the bit of paper is that they stamp with the stampy thing.

Or they used to, at my local library they expect the counter staff to deal with housing benefit enquiries and food bank referrals so generally they're too busy to deal with books and you get directed to the self-service machine that only works on alternate thursdays

The self service machines they have at my local library have super sensitive scanners. I've managed to return books before I've even got them out of my bag.

 

[Orang Utan]

i was addressing danny la rouge. but let's put that to one side as i wish you a pleasant evening. and now we move on.

I know you were! I still have every right to comment.

 

[Pickman's model]

What I mean is they are (usually) contemporary photos or paintings, rather than commissioned for the book. Just randomly grabbing the nearest Penguin Classic of the shelf, the cover for Henry James' The Wings Of The Dove has a John Singer Sergeant painting of a scene in Venice on the cover. It doesn't necessarily refer to anything specific in the book apart from part of it being set in Venice.

yeh. but these pictures are more commonly chosen for price than relevance.

unless they're on law, accountancy, management or science books in which case they're often chosen in a vain attempt to make the book appear exciting

 

[Pickman's model]

I know you were! I still have every right to comment.

pls in future make your comments apposite.

 

[IC3D]

The cover looks like its been bought of a designer that sells generic artwork pre- made for the book market.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Penguin's covers of Nabokov books are excellent.

To make up for it they charge about 30% more for them than for most other books

 

[Orang Utan]

The 'adult' covers for Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy are brilliant, particularly The Subtle Knife, as it uses KBE of my favourite paintings: