Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]

'Don't judge a book by its cover' is rather a common expression that relates to the fact that a not so pretty cover of a book is no yardstick to an interesting novel. However, lime and age have changed this perception. Marketing strategies and promotion, associated to the business lin...

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Main Authors: Joseph, Caroline, Mat Pardi, Khalid, Aminullah, Rosita, Bakar, Sulaila
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:en
Published: 2013
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author Joseph, Caroline
Mat Pardi, Khalid
Aminullah, Rosita
Bakar, Sulaila
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Bakar, Sulaila
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description 'Don't judge a book by its cover' is rather a common expression that relates to the fact that a not so pretty cover of a book is no yardstick to an interesting novel. However, lime and age have changed this perception. Marketing strategies and promotion, associated to the business line, have managed to penetrate and further influence the world of publication into selling books that is proven a competitive business today. Thus, books nowadays tend to be dressed with glossy and pretty covers in order to display attractive pieces on bookshelves. In line with this, this study is aimed at comparing the covers of English language books from various publications with same titles but published at different ages; the past and the present.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-409062021-09-28T04:06:17Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40906/ Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.] Joseph, Caroline Mat Pardi, Khalid Aminullah, Rosita Bakar, Sulaila Business Marketing English language 'Don't judge a book by its cover' is rather a common expression that relates to the fact that a not so pretty cover of a book is no yardstick to an interesting novel. However, lime and age have changed this perception. Marketing strategies and promotion, associated to the business line, have managed to penetrate and further influence the world of publication into selling books that is proven a competitive business today. Thus, books nowadays tend to be dressed with glossy and pretty covers in order to display attractive pieces on bookshelves. In line with this, this study is aimed at comparing the covers of English language books from various publications with same titles but published at different ages; the past and the present. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40906/1/40906.PDF Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]. (2013) In: Prosiding KONAKA Konferensi Akademik (Sains Sosial) 2013, 28-29 Oktober 2013, Bukit Gambang Resort City, Gambang, Pahang, Malaysia.
spellingShingle Business
Marketing
English language
Joseph, Caroline
Mat Pardi, Khalid
Aminullah, Rosita
Bakar, Sulaila
Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]
title Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]
title_full Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]
title_fullStr Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]
title_short Book covers: Past & present / Caroline Joseph …[et al.]
title_sort book covers: past & present / caroline joseph …[et al.]
topic Business
Marketing
English language
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40906/1/40906.PDF
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40906/
url_provider http://ir.uitm.edu.my/