If you search around online, you can find countless samples of ugly book covers. Here are a few of my (least) favourites.
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| Looks like someone was playing on their home computer... Even the font/font colour are unappealing. |
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| Even books that become classics can have an ugly cover. |
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| I don't know where to begin... It's the images in particular that I dislike, not the title text. |
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| It's all just so wrong! |
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| Don't like the title itself, don't like the design/image/fonts. |
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| This is so bad, so cheesy, I almost kind of like it! |
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| Even BIG NAME authors like Atwood can end up with a dud of a cover. |
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| Another one that's so bad, it's almost good. I especially like the bunny's teeth! |
I've always wanted to 'out' some of the worst covers, but I'm not as brave as you, Jill! Some of those self-pubbed books are woeful, and I'm finding small publishing houses are putting out some bad ones too. I must admit, I have a week spot for the vintage look, so I quite like Of Mice and Men and the pulp fiction one (with an extra dose of cheese).
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Don't mind Ambush so much. And Earthman on Venus does pass the so cheesy it's good test.
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@Blckwatertown - I agree about the "so bad it's good" re: Venus!!!
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