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 You know that there are some books that people think you should not read, books where the simple act of reading them constitutes a hazard to life or liberty? But we're not talking about censorship.
No, this is a case of the book's very author deciding that reading his book in public is dangerous. The very people who put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) have decided that it is irresponsible to send you into the world with a copy of their works without some way to keep you safe. They like to give you the idea that you will need some kind of disguise for your book and so provide one in a sort of factory-installed Book and Switch.
You can pull this off with either a hardback or a paperback book, but the method varies. Hardback books are published with a reversible dust cover with an alternative title and cover image on the inside. A paperback has an alternate cover on the back of the book. In both cases, the alternate cover is usually something along an opposite line to the real cover.
Almost always Played for Laughs.
Compare Book Safe, which is when the cover is used to conceal something that isn't a book. Also compare Boss Button.
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 Eugenesis, an unofficial fan novel by official Transformers writer James Roberts, has a discreet but tongue-in-cheek photo of broken down cars as its cover. [1]
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 Variant: When the last Harry Potter book was released, David Wong of the now-defunct PointlessWasteOfTime.com challenged the people on his forum to come up with alternate covers for people who wanted to read the book but avoid being seen reading it. They work, too.
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 Penny Arcade released a collected book titled "The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade: The 11 1/2 Anniversary Edition"; removing the dust jacket changes the title to "Almost 12 Years of Bullshit". Amusingly, the title change can be seen as representing the cover art, which shows Gabe enthusiastically riding a unicorn under a rainbow, while Tycho sits on the back looking annoyed.
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 Scott Adams' The Joy of Work has the alternative cover "Company Loyalty: Your Key to Success."
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 One issue of MAD featured a "Newsweak" cover with an angry Nikita Khrushchev look-alike. Fake covers for the magazine (ostensibly so your teacher or boss doesn't catch you reading it) came out every couple years, spoofing popular magazines, school papers, and even a composition book
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 A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorised Autobigraphy has the alternative dust-jacket cover titled: The Luckiest Kids in the World! #1 The Pony Party by Loney M. Setnick.
And for the 10th book The Slippery Slope, one could receive a bonus cover that was titled NOT A Series of Unfortunate Events and other amendments like "NOT by the author Lemony Snicket" or quotes on the back saying things like "This book isn't by Lemony Snicket and isn't about the Baudelaires! I think it deserves a gold medal!"
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 Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorised Autobigraphy has the alternative dust-jacket cover titled: The Luckiest Kids in the World! #1 The Pony Party by Loney M. Setnick.
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