Okay.
So maybe that title isn’t fair, but hey… when I see a book with a cover that looks like the image on the right (created for this post… and do feel free to look close, lmbo) that’s what I think, lol. It’s like a beacon, that says GET ALL YOUR NASTINESS HERE!
But let’s be clear that i’m not suggesting anything is WRONG with nasty books. Sometimes I want the nasty book, and I say YES GIVE IT HERE. And you’d better not have a cover like this and NOT be nasty, okay?
And yes, i’m going to keep calling them that, because I’ve been accused a time or two or twenty of WRITING them, so I feel comfortable calling them as such.
But back to my point… when you see nekkidness on a book cover, what does it say to you? Do you think you’re getting a sweeping romance, or erotica? Do you think you’re getting something heavy on sex and light on plot, or do you not judge a book by the cover? Are you sharing on social media? Buying the paperback to read on the train? Or buying and hope no one sees it in the “recently read” carousel on your kindle?
How do you feel about books with the classic naked man on the cover?
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I definitely don’t measure books nasty by the cover. I used to. However, I’ve been burned and disappointed so many friggin times, I had to stop. Now I’ve come to the conclusion, that sometimes the best books have the most mundane book covers.
Chile. This cover. and the quotes. I’m DED.
I would expect erotica. I don’t mind some smoochy woochie but with a title and a cover image like that…… better be some damn sex in it.
OK first off this cover is…EEEVRYYYTHIIINGGG!! I’d buy it just from the desrciption & reviews printed on the cover & ESPECIALLY the editor of Don’t Be Nasty Mag’s review. LMBOOOO Although, an attention grabber, the cover tells me NOTHING about the book I’m about to spend my hard earned duckets on. So I don’t judge a book by it’s cover. I do however LOVE lookin’ at yummy lickable well buttered Chocolaty Beefcake!!
I’m like you it better be nasty
LOL at that cover!
I don’t judge a book cover by its nekkidness, but I can say that I have judged a book by its cover before. If the title is written in glitter or has diamonds on it I tend to bypass. The synopsis tends to be for me, if you can hook me with the storyline you have my complete attention.
As for buying a paperback copy and reading it WITH the cover out in public? *Blushes* Heavens no!
Now that kindle is around..who cares..lolll.. but nah… trashy is diff… I would prefer tasteful with..the nakedness….. some covers these days are horrible and.gross… I’m no prude….hell nah..but some be looking sooo stoopid at times…
a cover can’t determine content..but it cann determine if it catches the eye though…
This post just made my day! I remember the first time I walked into a bookstore alone. I immediately made my way to the “naughty” books in the romance section. It was Fabio and his ilk back in the day, but I was SO excited to own a book with a half naked man on the cover. ..Side note…Ever notice how pecs and man nipples look so glisteny on romance covers?
Yesss, lmbo! Always so oily!