Fair enough. I thought there was a problem with the Knight Hawks cover too (I have the hardbacks) until I noticed that there were different box covers. I happen to have one of each of both of those. My Alpha Dawn box looks just like the cover they used on the books (I have the original...
The cover of the Star Frontiers book is actually an exact replica of the cover of one of the 3 versions of the boxed set. It actually wasn't laid out differently at all.