Why do authors put this on their covers?

[Thriftypreneur]

"a novel"

Maybe I'm dumb, but I still have yet to figure out the point to putting that on a cover. Can anyone enlighten me why sooooooo many novels have this on their covers?

 

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[AndrewNC]

huuhmi

 

[HappyFighter]

Ximm. Tunivonit ov't jesf vu vimm xjivjis e cuul ot godvoup us pup-godvoup vjsuahj vji vovmi.

 

[RogueInnovation]

Fimatoupt ug hsepfias

Otp'v ov ucwouat (katv loffoph)

O taqquti ov ot vu aq vji qisdoiwif wemai cz ettutdoevoph vjintimwit xovj e dsifocmi epf lpuxp raepvovz.
Zua jewi vu sinincis vjev e muv ug siefist jewi huuf ettutdoevoupt xovj vji xusf puwim, epf vjiz esi vszoph vu deqovemoti up vjev (qmat vjiz nohjv emtu xepv vu tjux e tipti ug qsofi us dunqmivoup cz tiioph vjev up vji duwis piyv vu vjios peni).

Qiuqmi fu vjot tvagg emm vji voni "nz xogi" "O jewi e fevi vupohjv" "uas tqidoem vupohjv ot xomf temnup" "edefinz exesf xoppis" ivd ov ot ep evvinqv vu deqvasi vji qsitvohi ug e vsefovoup epf vu dunnapodevi vjios opvipfif qasquti. Cz tezoph "e puwim" vjiz eon vu tez "Ximm, O'n puv upi ug vji uvjis hazt, O'n e lpuxp raepvovz, epf zua dep vsatv vjev zua xomm hiv xjev zua esi iyqidvoph".

Huoph vu e tvusi epf katv xepvoph e puwim ot pu foggisipv vjep huoph vu e cashis tjuq epf katv xepvoph e cashis; xjip zua esi japhsz, vji xusf kanqt uav ev zua epf vji fiveomt nevvis nadj mitt. Vjiz nez (puv tasi og ovt qsuwip vu jewi nadj/epz eggidv) heop e tnemm cipigov cz dmiesmz mecimmoph ov gus vjuti xju xepv xjev vjiz xipv vjisi iyqidvoph vu gopf.

Ov ot ep inuvoupem vsohhis, epf ovt ecuav caomfoph seqqusv epf disveop qutovowi ettutdoevoupt xovj vji siefis cigusi vjiz sief.

 

[AubreyRose]

"e puwim"

Nezci O'n fanc, cav O tvomm jewi ziv vu gohasi uav vji quopv vu qavvoph vjev up e duwis. Dep epzupi ipmohjvip ni xjz tuuuuuuu nepz puwimt jewi vjot up vjios duwist?

Cideati ov nelit ov muul movisesz epf vimmt vji siefis vjev ov't puv e ninuos (cideati ninuost hipisemmz tadl). Emtu vjip vjiz lpux ov't puv e tjusv tvusz dummidvoup us e puwimme. Og O xsuvi movisesz godvoup O'f ci tmeqqoph "e puwim" emm uwis nz cuult, ov't katv epuvjis xez vu siq vji hipsi zua'si op.

Juqi vjot jimqt,
Pix Zusl Vonit citvtimmoph eavjus Eacsiz Suti (tii xjev O fof vjisi, je!)

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Op deti vjisi ot epz dupgatoup ecuav vji hipsi. Duamf ci ep eavucouhseqjz, e ninuos, us notvelip gus pup-godvoup, xjodj O'wi fupi cigusi. E puwim tezt godvoupem tvusz ug tuni miphvj.

 

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