This slideshare includes a range of book covers and advertisement images for The Color Purple

1. On The Color Purple
 Consider the various book covers with an awareness that publishers design
book covers to appeal to audiences and purchasing markets. Note how
they change during various time periods, and consider the social, political,
historic contexts in determining who they are intended to reach.
 Alice Walker’s epistolary novel,
The Color Purple was first published
in 1982 with this cover shown here.
 In 1983 The Color Purple was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize and
The National Book Award

2. The Color Purple
 In 1986 The Color Purple was made
into a movie (dir. Steven Spielberg)
 1988 Printing of The Color Purple

3. The Color Purple
 1998 Printing of The Color Purple

4. The Color Purple
 2000 Printing of The Color Purple

5. The Color Purple
 2003 Printing of The Color Purple
and also later the cover of the
musical ads.

6. The Color Purple
 2004 Printing of The Color Purple
 In 2005 The Color Purple became
a Broadway musical

7. The Color Purple
 2006 Printing of The Color Purple

8. The Color Purple
 2014 Printing of The Color Purple

9. The Color Purple
 2015 – The Color Purple is back on Broadway in New York City