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# Wordy Book Covers
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/wordy-book-covers/
- Published: 2015-03-13T03:00:15.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-13T03:00:15.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers

I love it when publishers take the risk of designing text-only book covers and succeed.

It’s such a delicate balance. What looks good on both Amazon and on a bookstore shelf? What can you do with a few words to convey the contents and attitude of an entire book?

It’s gutsy as hell.

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