Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Similar Covers: Romantic Lookalikes

I came across two more books featuring the same cover image this week: A Woman Run Mad by John L’Heureux (published in 2000 by Grove Press) and The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy (published in 2003 by McGraw Hill). Note that TinEye does not recognize them as being the same...



Coincidentally, I featured another one of L’Heureux’s books in my TinEye post last week, and The Romantic has also been published with another cover with lookalikes, one of which (Saving the World by Julia Alvarez) I featured in a “similar covers” post in May 2009.





Using TinEye, I was able to find four other lookalikes: The Woman’s Book of Guardians: Divine Guides, Muses, Totems and Protectors for Everyday Use by Peg Streep (2004), Wer nicht hören will, muß fühlen by Susanne Mischke (2004), Maktub by Paulo Coelho (2008) and Pour vous by Dominique Mainard (2008). Saving the World is still my favourite of all these covers!
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  1. bermudaonionApril 21, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    I guess the fact that one of the covers is zoomed in more than the other threw Tin Eye off. Nothing can replace the human eye!

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  2. Julie @ Read HandedApril 21, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    This is so interesting. I didn't know there was an image search engine. It kind of makes me want to put my picture in and see what comes up...

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  3. SukoApril 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    I read The Romantic several years ago. I am surprised (and disappointed) that the cover is not more original.

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  4. JennersApril 21, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    I think those are the same covers!!

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  5. KathleenApril 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    These never cease to amaze me. I've yet to find any duplicates on my shelves at home but it is probably only a matter of time!

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  6. Martha@Hey, I want to read thatApril 21, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    It's kind of amazing there are so many books that use the same cover. It makes me curious if the subject matters are similar as well.

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  7. corineApril 25, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    This continues to boggle the mind. With so many artists and so much creativity out there, why the recycling?

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  8. Linda NguyenApril 25, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    O_O they're all the same!

    I found this book at the Wal-Mart near Namur metro this one time:

    http://a10.idata.over-blog.com/323x500/4/03/32/93/romance-paranormale/le-vampire-da-cote.jpg

    And I wouldn't have noticed if I haven't read this:

    http://i43.tower.com/images/mm115251608/idrakula-bekka-black-paperback-cover-art.jpg

    Ahh! Why! Not much room for originality when it comes to vampires, huh? I've seen other books covers just like it too. I'm getting tired of them vampires.

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