Oh, come the fuck on!

[hackthis]

Dear Bloomsbury (and anybody else in publishing who didn't get this memo):

Let's just put it out there right now: When your protagonist is a mixed race child with curly hair and dark skin, putting a WHITE CHILD on the cover to sell copies? NOT FUCKING OKAY.The message you are sending to other mixed race kids and minorities? NOT OKAY

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[hackthis]

Trufax, baby.

[lembeau]

Fail the fucking epic fail.

This is precisely why I would love to go into publishing. So shit like this or Twilight doesn't happen.

I want to read this book too. How the hell are you supposed to support the author who wrote something we want to read and not dumbass publishers?

[hackthis]

*sigh* Inorite?

If I rip the cover off *before*, the author doesn't get paid at all. Curses.

ETA: musesfool very helpfully suggested buying the Australian version, which will obviously be a few pennies more but not result in me stroking out when I read it, so, you know I think I'll do that.

[lembeau]

What if you were to rip off the cover (and walk out with the book) and send money directly to the author? :OP

musesfool's idea is a very awesome idea.

[musesfool]

It's a whole lot of fail. Maybe in a few weeks copies with the Australian cover will be available secondhand, and that way you can have it without the offensive cover and also without giving Bloomsbury any money.

[hackthis]

That is a brilliant plan. *hugs*

[lembeau]

Thank you for giving us an alternative. That's quite awesome.

[spasticat]

I read about that cover crap a few days ago (lately been saying "crap" a lot.) So infuriating as...it shows that Bloomsbury US has no faith in book buyers. And for booksellers to say a cover with "a mixed race child" wouldn't sell...is crap, crap, crap.

It is also irksome that the publisher won't listen to the author. Where is the loyalty, eh? And...lastly...shame on whoever designed that cover being complicit with the race switch. Shame!

[hackthis]

I can see not having *much* faith in American book buyers, since the numbers are dwindling, but to just -- GAHHHHHHH! I can't even be coherant. All fail.

[serialkarma]

Yeah, Bloomsbury gets a big old FAIL from me on that one. I know authors usually don't get much say in the covers of their books, but this is kind of beyond the pale.

Excuse me I must go decompress by finally listening to [info]thisisbone and [info]thefourthvine and watching Fast & Furious.

I admit, I've never seen that movie all the way through in one sitting. It has sweaty men driving hot cars really fast, I'm not sure why I haven't.

[hackthis]

Publishing gets a big old NO from me today.

As for F&F, I saw the first one, this is the most recent one and I gotta tell you, THE CARS! OMG! THE CARS! Vin Diesel is not attractive to me, but OMG THE CARS!

[serialkarma]

Oh, the FOURTH. Yes, I saw that in the theater. Hello, hot cars! Also, v. gay, but mostly CARS.

[hackthis]

CARS.