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***relentlessflame*** · 2012-12-06, 01:48

Well, the other reason could be that, after this many volumes, the 7th volume itself is unlikely to attract new fans that the first six volumes weren't or aren't still able to do. Once someone is hooked on the series, the picture on the cover will mean less to them because they're already used to the illustrations in the book itself. And for people who aren't yet hooked, they're going to want to start with Book 1 anyway (and it still has the other cover).

(Not to mention, as the physical bookstore becomes less important, the picture on the cover begins to matter less.)

So yeah, at this point, I think they're far enough into the series that the benefits of the alternate cover are probably minimal.

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*relentlessflame* 　 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 41	Well, the other reason could be that, after this many volumes, the 7th volume itself is unlikely to attract new fans that the first six volumes weren't or aren't still able to do. Once someone is hooked on the series, the picture on the cover will mean less to them because they're already used to the illustrations in the book itself. And for people who aren't yet hooked, they're going to want to start with Book 1 anyway (and it still has the other cover). (Not to mention, as the physical bookstore becomes less important, the picture on the cover begins to matter less.) So yeah, at this point, I think they're far enough into the series that the benefits of the alternate cover are probably minimal. __________________ [...]