Bitchin' Blog Posts
: Cover Comparison
February 09, 2011 | Wednesday | 121 Comments
Reader Cate alerted me to the differences in Elizabeth Hoyt’s covers between the US and UK versions. Have a look. This is the UK version: And this is the US version: Cate went out of her way to order the US copy even though she’s in the UK, because she really, really dislikes the historical inaccuracy of the cover: “This is a book set in 1737 - I know that because it says so on the first page(!).So why then have Piatkus given the book a set of cover models who look like they’ve just walked off the set of…
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October 21, 2010 | Thursday | 42 Comments
Harlequin, you’re going to think I’m picking on you, but, well, ok, I totally am. Thanks to Lyndsey, we have a new challenge this week: Which Is Her Real Hair? First up: The Unmasking of a Lady (could that title GET any better?) by Emily May, Kindle edition: Next up, same title, paperback edition: But wait, there’s MORE: thanks to eagle-eyed Lyndsey, we have His Cavalry Lady by Joanna Maitland: Which is her real hair, the short, the long, or the other long? Is it me, or are her ears really weird-looking, like, even more than ears are normally weird-looking?…
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August 19, 2010 | Thursday | 93 Comments
Kimberly sent me a link to the following cover, and I stared at it for a good ten minutes. Please, for the love of all that is holy, tell me what happened to this guy? Caption this cover! You’ve got 24 hours, and I’ve got a $25 gift certificate to the bookstore of your choice, if you can caption this cover and tell me… what went wrong, oh, so very, very wrong? Standard disclaimer: I have no idea what happened to that man. I am not being compensated for this giveaway. Please see your doctor for an erection lasting more…
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July 05, 2010 | Monday | 61 Comments
Sometimes, you’re just not sure if a cover is going to work. I imagine this happens to everyone in publishing. Maybe there’s two perfect covers, or two perfect models, and you can’t pick the right one. Sometimes, it’s just a question of hair. Uber curl or long and blonde?
Which do you choose? How about both! Uber-alert reader Tracey sent me a heads-up about these two… heads.
Exhibit A: the paperback cover
Exhibit B: the ebook cover
Which do you like better?
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June 30, 2010 | Wednesday | 70 Comments
Alert reader Robin N. sent me the following collection of images, asking, “I know you talk about the butt side vs the front side on covers, and the dismembered corpse. What I want to know is, what is it with this belt? Why do I see this belt on practically every UF book?”
Belt? There’s an urban fantasy belt? Oh yes, yes there is.
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