Argh, yes, that's also maddening. Who the hell ARE those people on the cover? (See again: the Bad Covers for Alanna above. WHY ARE THEY WEARING JEANS? WHO ARE THOSE DUDES? FOR THAT MATTER, WHO IS THAT GIRL?)

The copies of The Belgariad and Malloreon I have are like that, too. None of the characters on the covers look like they have anything to do with the people in the stories.

And don't get me STARTED on the mysterious tendency for characters of color to turn white on covers. NO WORDS.