Diary - After many years of reading books

[Maybo]

This is an entry from my diary. Please check it and correct any mistakes.

After many years of reading books, I've found that usually a book with a mediocre cover is boring, especially its design is so simple that I can even create it, unless the book's a classic. If a writer put so much effort to write a book, why don't he put some effort to make the cover interesting? Even for the same book, I would choose a better cover to buy if its price was not much higher than the less interesting one.

 

[emsr2d2]

1. I'm sure you can improve on "After many years of reading books". It's a bit bland.
2. There's something missing somewhere in "especially its design is".
3. We don't "put effort to + infinitive". Both the preposition and verb are wrong. Search for some examples of the correct usage.
4. I'm certain you know that "don't he" isn't right.

 

[Maybo]

Revised:
Having reading fiction for many years, I've found that usually a book with a mediocre cover is boring, especially when its design is so simple that I can even create it, unless the book's a classic. If a writer put so much effort into writing a book, why doesn't he put some effort into making the cover interesting? Even for the same book, I would choose a better cover to buy if its price was not much higher than the less interesting one.

 

[Tarheel]

Revised:
Having READ fiction for many years, I've found that usually a book with a mediocre cover is boring, especially when its design is so simple that I COULD HAVE createD it MYSELF, unless the book's a classic. If a writer put so much effort into writing a book, why doesn't he put some effort into making the cover interesting? Even for the same book, I BUY A BOOK WITH A BETTER COVER if its price was not much higher than the less interesting one.

 

[emsr2d2]

Having reading read fiction for many years, I've found that usually a book with a mediocre cover is boring, especially when its design is so simple that even I can could even create it, unless the book's a classic. If a writer put so much effort into writing a book, why doesn't he put some effort into making the cover interesting? Even for the same book, I would choose to buy a book with a better cover to buy if its price was not much higher than the less interesting one.

That's so much better, @Maybo. My only query now is about the final sentence. Are you saying "If I were the writer, I'd pay more for someone to design a better cover even if it cost me more" or "I, as the reader, would pay more for a book with an interesting cover than for one without"? I've assumed the latter.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - read your pieces multiple times before submitting them to the forum. Read them as if someone else wrote them. Ask yourself:
- Is everything spelled correctly?
- Are all the sentences complete?
- If I hadn't written this, would I understand exactly what it means?

 

[Rover_KE]

Off-topic comment: I think you’ll find that unless the author already has a number of successful books in publication and/or some sort of celebrity status, they will have no say in their book’s cover design. The publisher will decide on that.

 

[Maybo]

"I, as the reader, would pay more for a book with an interesting cover than for one without"? I've assumed the latter.

Yes, I meant this one.

 

[Maybo]

Off-topic comment: I think you’ll find that unless the author already has a number of successful books in publication and/or some sort of celebrity status, they will have no say in their book’s cover design. The publisher will decide on that.

No wonder many book covers look very similar. I’ve been suspecting the publishers have been using the same templates.