Worst book cover ever

My candidate:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1861001576.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
I wouldn't blame M$ for obvious reasons :roll: but what Wrox was thinking about?

[ August 09, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]

Here is another suggesting cover:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0201615940.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
And this one was made after our critique of Wrox's policy to put pictures of "ugly guys" on the cover, I am sure:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0201704765.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
[ August 11, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]

Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
I am sure:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0201704765.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

There's something to be said for a book on Visual Basic with a cover where you you see faces with no eyes!

How about this one:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1930110359.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
What does a woman with a fat butt have to do with Java 3-D?

I think, it means that a woman with a fat butt is a manifestation of the virtue of 3-Dness, as opposed to the virtue of 2-Dness that is manifested by dystrophical top-models.

I gotta say, the books are great but...the DevelopMentor books all have the worst covers ever.
[ August 12, 2002: Message edited by: Robert Paris ]

Vocabulary word for the day: steatopygia.

the DevelopMentor books all have the worst covers ever.
Why, this one is pretty cool, I think:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/020170238X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

And this one is just mean:
"Programmimg Windows Security"
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0201604426.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
- "To crack Windows Security is as easy as open a can"

"Advanced Visual Basic 6":
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0201707128.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
- "VB is your bread and butter"
Developing Applications with Visual Studio .NET
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0201708523.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
- "you better use Java for any serious application!"
(You can see them all at DevelopMentor site)
[ August 11, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]

Don't judge a book by its cover...Oh, what am I saying?

No, seriously, anyone ever looked inside these?
Shura

Why is it that every book that has "visual" in its title has faces with no eyes on its cover? Is this a comment about the quality of MS products?

Here is another Wrox's attemp to recover from our critique of its policy to put pictures of "white ugly guys" on the cover.

You mean that dark anonimous silhouette? It's not that faceless:
1. We know it's a guy
2. *It* most likely wears white shirt and tie
3. *It* writes about boring colorless business cases, and *it* likes it!
4. *It* makes good money doing it
5. You can as well relate to *it* as "another soldier on M$ distributed app front"... hey, with what I do know, you can relate me to it as well...

Shura

OK, I'll admit this one's funny, but only because it's making fun of Windows:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/020170238X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg