Charlie Stross on Nostr: npub1m63p3…nya47 As an editor told me a couple of decades ago, "the sole purpose of ...

npub1m63p3fsz7rag0zk5c4jd30nldpcud8tp4ppgqheyz538ehvsejjsgnya47 (npub1m63…ya47) As an editor told me a couple of decades ago, "the sole purpose of a book cover is to make a bookstore customer who has never heard of you pick up the product and handle it, because that way they're more likely to buy it." This goes for artwork, design style, cover copy, comps—the whole package.

(The same editor looked puzzled when, a few years later, I asked if they check how legible the title/author names on their covers are as an Amazon thumbnail. Because obvs. priorities change.)