It's probably been said before but I have so much indignation about it. How dare you stake your claim on the original works, Netflix. You have your fingers in enough pots, now your symbol is plastered onto your source material??
It makes beautiful covers look tacky and I struggle with wanting to buy a book that looks like that. Just Ugh. It's just as bad as the indigo exclusive stickers that tear the cover off!
I've never done a hate rant but this seems like a reasonable one.
by TheOddHarley
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Couldn’t agree more!
Things like that and the movie and the movie poster covers that have been used for decades certainly look tacky. But I don’t think it’s as much a case of companies like Netflix staking their claim to the book as it is publishers and authors knowing that, despite the indignation of many regular book readers, adding something like the logo will help sell more copies of the book to people who might be interested in reading books that are being adapted. Â
Me too. I could get past it when they were stickers because you could sometimes peel them off and clean the covers but now they’re a part of the cover. I’ll never buy one.
It’s the new ‘now a major motion picture’ printed sticker that isn’t actually a sticker.  And then the only movie cover books that I’ve liked were LotR and that’s just because even the posters for the trilogy were gorgeous.Â
They’ve been doing movie version and TV version tie-ins on book covers forever. It’s just another branding opportunity. Most tie-in covers are only for one or two print runs. You can always find other versions, so don’t stress!
How could you care this much about something so unimportant? Just get a used copy or whatever.