@Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year ago"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.message-square40fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down160
arrow-up1181arrow-down1message-square"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book.@Chriseindt@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkfedilink1•1 year agoI thought the point of the dust jacket is to make books look shabby when they get crinkled and torn, so you can take it off and find a perfectly serviceable cover underneath.
That’s the point of a dust jacket.
I thought the point of the dust jacket is to make books look shabby when they get crinkled and torn, so you can take it off and find a perfectly serviceable cover underneath.