Cover of Under The Dome

**pablo** · April 13th, 2009

Now Amazon has the same cover.

I hope this is it.

Moderator's Reply:
	It is not the cover -- it is just a place holder for the sales catalog. Did you notice it says Cover to be unveiled?

**pablo** · April 13th, 2009

Yes, I did notice the disclaimer. But I am confused. This looks like a fully completed cover. Why bother creating a placeholder cover? This is the first time I'm seeing such a thing. For example, when a new Harry Potter book was put up for pre-order on Amazon, the cover was also a placeholder, and it was a plain black rectangle with the trademark Harry Potter logo and the title. This is different. This looks like a real cover, and I like it a lot. I'm hoping your saying "it is not the cover" means only some minor details are absent. I think it's perfect.

**Moderator** · April 13th, 2009

The final cover was not ready before the sales catalog had to be released. Scribner will be releasing the artwork for the cover soon.

**marew1** · April 13th, 2009

If I'm not mistaken, there was a 1960s Twilight Zone story about people living under a dome. Could SK's story idea have been based on that?

**demorgan** · April 13th, 2009

im glad thats not the cover.

**Cody44** · April 13th, 2009

I'm excited to see what the real cover looks like, hopefully it fits in well on the shelf.I have to say, having a fully designed placeholder cover is a bit odd.

**SixPins** · April 13th, 2009

I hope the real cover is similar to the catalog image. It is very subtle, in a way that seems to act as a surface waiting to be broached. Not a fan of that orange font though.

**jchanic** · April 14th, 2009

I'm hoping that the one in the catalog is close to what the real one will be, except for having a better font and color for the title and author's name.

John

**skyrow** · April 20th, 2009

Originally Posted by ChaseTx

the synopsis makes me think of the Simpsons Movie, lol. I'm pretty sure that was some inspiration for the idea

Lol! that's the first thing that came to my mind too!

**ChaseTx** · April 21st, 2009

Originally Posted by BlackThorn

Hehe.... perhaps you haven't noticed how sick Stephen is. He wouldn't write something for the under 100 IQ masses, it's just not his style. So copying The Simpsons, is more than out.

lol, the Simpsons is a smart show! and I hope "the masses" have a higher IQ that that

as for it looking good on the shelf, isn't it better if the cover is made without regard to other book covers? I like a diverse looking bookshelf

I like orange font.