This brings up a few interesting thoughts I changed my cover from a campfire to an attractive goblin girl and saw the day after a gained a spike in views the percentage of they to reader was the same as always however so many were just piqued but the cover and left, whole other decided to read.
Thing bring up a thought if the cover is the first thing one sees how does would they interpret the story, would they have preconceived notions? From image alone a hot green skinned girl, one would think "goblin girl? Smut? Adventure? System? Fantasy?" followed by the title which gives a core point away "monster tamer"
It makes me think how certain things are received by the time you see the image a generic one and the title insinuating a generic grand adventure of power ups it can feel off puting as if you can already guess the plot without reading, making you skip the book.
Curiously I decided to experiment it only a hort one like twenty minutes I went into the series finder tags to find stories with the "monster tamer" and "goblins" came up short with a collection of seven stories two (mine included) had hot goblin girls center.
Two were generic, one was filled with to much for me to come to a conclusion and the other two were good giving me a good impression one was simple with the title and I found the simplicity nice. The other made me intrigued.
Again I didn't do much I should've just chosen the monster tamer tag and gone through but, I'm on my phone and don't have the time.
So I propose this with the same tags, head over to series finder and and to see if you reach the same conclusion I about the covers. Excluding the two obvious thirst traps, list the two generic, two good and the one bloated cover. You don't have to it's just to see how we view covers and if they affect our approach of reading. And I'll respond on wether we got the same.
This is to see if we can agree on what a good, generic and bad cover for a story is.
