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What are your opinions on dust jackets?

I'm considering using a different publisher for my next books so I can do dust jackets and preorders, but I would take a profit cut, so I'm trying to decide if it's worth it!

I think they're really pretty, but I take them off to read

10 votes, 43.5%

I prefer paperbacks in general, but I don't mind them (write-in)

6 votes, 26.1%

They don't bother me

5 votes, 21.7%

I love them

2 votes, 8.7%

I hate them

0 votes, 0.0%

23 total votes

Poll added by: Keira

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message 1: by Callie Rae (new)

9 hours, 53 min ago

even when the library tapes the dust jacket to the hardcover i still want to take it off to read

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message 2: by Keira (new)

9 hours, 45 min ago

Callie Rae wrote: "even when the library tapes the dust jacket to the hardcover i still want to take it off to read"

Really?! They never bother me when they're taped to the book

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message 3: by EnchantedEva (new)

8 hours, 48 min ago

I think they’re pretty! I usually prefer paperbacks in general though because I find them easier to read and take places.

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message 4: by Keira (new)

8 hours, 43 min ago

So, after running some IngramSpark calculations where a 430-page hardcover with a dust jacket priced at $28 would earn me approximately $2 per sale...maybe I'll just stick to paperbacks. I so wish trad publishing was easier to get into

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message 5: by emily marie ٠࣪⭑ [busy editing] (new)

1 hour, 45 min ago

I LOVE dust jackets so much that I don’t want them to get ruined when I read, so I take them off then put them back on so they’re pretty on my shelf 🤭😅

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