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wondersuntold

Maybe You Should Judge a Book by its Cover

Jan 09, 2010 17:20

I blame The Vampire Diaries for my most recent song obsession. The first time Elena tells Stefan that she cannot be with him because of what he is (not like she doesn't then tell him that about fifty other times as well), the fantastic song "Down" by Jason Walker is the background music. The song is so incredibly touching that I fell in love with ( Read more... )

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zumie_ashlen January 10 2010, 02:23:46 UTC

I also judge books by their covers--although I have happened across some books with bad covers that I adore.

Fighting against a cover is extremely difficult for an author because it's not under their jurisdiction, but the publisher's. It's a rarely fought battle, and even rarer won.

Sometimes I wonder if the cover artists even read the darn books. >.

wondersuntold January 14 2010, 23:22:38 UTC

Very true. It annoys me though. Publishers should want covers that accurately depict the contents of the books. At least I would want that if I were a publisher. And I've heard that lots of cover artists are given a brief understanding of the book, but don't read it. I agree it would be a hard battle to fight, but I still think that it's not right.

zumie_ashlen January 15 2010, 02:19:06 UTC

Mm. There was a huge controversy over Justine Larbalestier's Liar book cover. A book about an African-American girl with nappy hair? Changed to a white girl.

...yeah. There's an interesting article on it and other cover controversies.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6675065.html?nid=2788&source=link&rid=1328403725

wondersuntold January 18 2010, 05:31:05 UTC

Oh wow. That's definitely a useful article. Thanks for the link!