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How to Judge a Book By Its Cover (and a few other factors)

Savvy Merlin Mann of 43 Folders has a great checklist that can help us authors and readers. What elements provide irresistible “curb appeal” for a book? What makes us want to crack it open and read?

Here’s his heuristics:http://www.43folders.com/2008/08/27/book-heuristics

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Comment by Kare Anderson on September 2, 2008 at 1:16pm: Depends on your kind of fiction, in part - yet it still must be a grabber image re that genre, for that kind of reader....too bad we authors get only very limited input in cover creation - especially those writing fiction. Kudos to you for your perseverence

Comment by Fairlee Winfield on September 2, 2008 at 12:20pm: I checked out the Merlin Mann checklist. Only for non-fiction though. Wish he'd say something about fiction. I've been told you must have a iconic image on the cover. What do you think?