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Battlepikapowe4 OP t1_j6aj0pg wrote

Reply to comment by Marciamallowfluff in Will the imprinted advertisement stickers on books ever go away? by Battlepikapowe4

Nobody does. Seems like a waste of money to make those beautiful covers, only to ruin them with those stickers.

Just hoping that the movie/show ones go away after enough time has passed.

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RideThatBridge t1_j6ak1w9 wrote

>Nobody does

Sure they do-lots of people who aren't avid readers but love a series get drawn in and buy the book, even if they never read it. It's a marketing tactic that wouldn't have carried on for years if it didn't prove profitable.

I don't like those covers, and especially hate when a book cover gets changed to the actors that are in the movie or TV show.

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VoltaicSketchyTeapot t1_j6ba9co wrote

I work in a print shop.

The problem isn't the stickers. It's that the people buying the stickers don't understand that adhesives and paper matter.

It's the same with price tags and sale stickers. It's all well and good until you try to peel off the sticker and it doesn't come off cleanly. In a perfect world, the people buying the stickers would purchase the correct sticker stock for the application so that it's always easy to remove.

When done correctly, stickers are always better than the movie/tv show tie-in cover.

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digitdaemon t1_j6bmz3z wrote

These aren't real stickers. What is being discussed is literally printed onto the book in the shape of a sticker.

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