CoverFlip

Imagine if a well known book were actually written by someone of the opposite gender. The pages might look the same but what about the cover? Would the designs be different? How might that change the way we perceive a book? Young adult author Maureen Johnson presented a challenge to her readers and received hundreds of responses in the form of new cover designs. Some of them are shown below. What do you think? How are your initial thoughts or feelings about a book affected by the gender of the author and the cover design?