Happy July: Free Books! Cover Competition!

[sarahtales]

So six of my friends and I were discussing US and UK covers one day, and we compared and constrasted and generally came to very few conclusions about the difference between US and UK covers. We were focusing on young adult covers, as we're all young adult authors, and I thought it might be interesting to share some of our waffling here. Possibly

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[sequinedfairy]

i tied. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? NOOOO.

[anonymous]

Can I vote for the US covers on the grounds that the books I have already have UK covers?! I have to say I am not in the target demographic (by some way!) and I don't go heaps on foil and scary leaves/hands, I like covers that are dull to touch instead of shiny ( like my hardback copy of Anne Fine's In Cold Domain) but I think that might just show my age. I did quite like the repackaging they did on the Chrestomanci books with the cut out circles. And although I really enjoyed Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Catch Trap, the cover was almost bad enough to warrent a brown paper wrapper! And the blurb had the main character's name wrong! So I try not to judge! I also love old paperbacks with soft cardboerd covers, and I sometimes object to hardback because they make my wrists ache when I'm in the bath, so I am not really an informed critic! My copy of City of Bones arrived today, and I am a tad annoyed that it doesn't match the two earlier UK editions. Do you know if Covenant will look like Lexicon? All the best, Tiff

[sarahtales]

You can vote for any reason you like. :) And while I have no information on what the US Demon's Covenant will look like, I've talked a little with people about the UK Demon's Covenant, and I think it will be in the same series style as the first UK cover.

[anonymous]

That will please the ( very small) part of me that likes to be tidy. I should be ironing but cant decide whether to start City of Bones, or reread the first two first. It is a great pity you can't iron and read( or drive and read, or cut the grass) .

[anonymous]

I have wracked my brains but which UK fantasy had a different title for its adult printing??

[sarahtales]

It's not a UK fantasy. I was thinking of Alison Goodman's first book, which was published as Eon: Dragoneye Reborn in its US YA incarnation, and as Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye for its UK YA incarnation, and as The Two Pearls of Wisdom for its UK adult incarnation. With three different covers, natch.

[anonymous]

Thank you

[pervert_bitch]

Man, I'm totally participating the hell out of it XD
Man XD

[anonymous]

No, maybe I racked them!