The first was Choral Society by Prue Leith (Nov 2009), which actually has three copycats: The Professors’ Wives’ Club by Joanne Rendell (Sep 2008), Something Borrowed by Martina Reilly (Oct 2008) and Confessions of a First Daughter by Cassidy Calloway (Aug 2009). These three covers have been featured before in two of my “similar covers” posts: Lookalikes of Lookalikes 2 and Remember Those Pointed-in Red Shoes?
The second book was Small Acts of Kindness by Bronwyn Donaghy (2003), which matches a book I have on my shelves: Summer House by Nancy Thayer (2009). It’s taken me a while to realize that the photo is reversed on these two covers! Thayer’s book has also been published with another cover, which also has a lookalike.
I can’t say that any of these covers appeals to me, although I’m intrigued by Donaghy’s novel (which appears to be out of print).
Note: All dates are from Amazon, except for Small Acts of Kindness, which came from the late author’s site.
I love these posts. My favorite cover would have to be The Professor' Wives Club.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. That's the problem with publishers using stock photos, they often end up using one already being used on a cover. One problem I think arrises with that is that some people (especially ones who read a fair number of books) may think that they've already read that book, when in fact they read the other.
ReplyDeleteThat's bizarre how the picture is reversed in the last two! The covers are pretty but I can't picture myself picking up any of these based on cover alone.
ReplyDeleteClearly these girls get around a lot more than I do!! Great catch on these covers! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love when bloggers do cover posts -- some are just so similar it silly.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think that this sort of copying wouldn't be allowed!
ReplyDeleteI must say that I am very enamored of those red shoes!
ReplyDeleteThese are great. Every publisher must think no other publisher uses stock photos!
ReplyDeleteYou should be on the Today show in the Trending section....at least for book covers!!!
ReplyDeleteAt least they are a little different. I have seen identical covers on some books.
ReplyDeleteAnn