Chriseindt"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.
daisy lazarusI think the point is that the cover is never guaranteed to accurately represent the book.
Quality of cover =/= quality of book
RGB3x3Although, I’ll never buy a book where the author’s name is in bigger, bolder font than the title of the book.
I hate that trend in cover design and I refuse to support it.
–Phase–Is this still a thing? I thought this was mostly popular in the 90s and dropped out of popularity in the last couple decades.
Definitely still see it for Stephen King at least, but frankly I’d be creeped out if I saw his name small at this point…