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Poll: Which Book Cover Do You Like Best... Thank you

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Blue Harvest

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PloverWing

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I like the teacup one (#2), but it's not necessary to say the "bestselling author" bit. Mere Christianity is a very well-known title.

On #4 and #5, you seem to have added a subtitle ("Defending the Faith" and "A Defense of the Christian Faith"). I wouldn't add a subtitle unless you're sure Lewis had that subtitle in his own manuscript.

Also, if you insist on adding a subtitle, it should follow the British spelling ("Defence"), since Lewis was British.

Why are you asking? Are you a publisher?
 
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Ah, I see now. A google search tells me that Mere Christianity has been published with more different covers than I realized. The cover designs on my two copies look like this, both fairly simple:

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So I guess my previous comments should be directed to the publishers, not to you. But I'll stick with my earlier thoughts. Publishers shouldn't add subtitles that Lewis didn't write, and they shouldn't Americanize his spelling.
 
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