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  But isn't that kind of a meta argument?  Because the cover designers know the saying, too? An infinite loop of trying to sell books by their covers to people who are told to do the opposite, only to come up with new schemes of color, etc, to attract eyes.   And then repeat
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  They say don't judge a book by it's cover, but they also say a picture paints more than a 1000 words. >
  
  No, they don't.  They say a picture paints a thousand words.  No one says "a picture paints more than a one thousand words". >
  
  A thousand words and not one more!