tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post4740731032751561032..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Judging a Book...Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55925190493135898172009-08-10T09:11:47.824-04:002009-08-10T09:11:47.824-04:00Great post Lisabet. And some great looking covers...Great post Lisabet. And some great looking covers. <br /><br />I think you summed it up when you said you look for "Images that are sensual, suggestive without being crude..."<br /><br />If only there were more of those! <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />AshleyAshley Listerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997769708965362938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40770284354182723792009-08-10T07:13:59.400-04:002009-08-10T07:13:59.400-04:00The faceless thing doesn't bother me. I think ...The faceless thing doesn't bother me. I think the women on Lisabet's covers are gorgeous, and I don't mind not seeing a whole face.<br /><br />I guess I'm just used to it. YA books would be a whole different matter. I could see where you'd want to view whole faces there. (I could always see Nancy Drew's face!)<br /><br />Great post and examples, Lisabet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58558826203667422882009-08-10T01:23:47.838-04:002009-08-10T01:23:47.838-04:00Thanks to you all for your comments!
Alessia, don...Thanks to you all for your comments!<br /><br />Alessia, don't be so modest! <br /><br />Jude- I second your thoughts. I've been close to tears, too. However, you've just got to grin and bear it. In fact all the three publishers I work with do ask for cover suggestions, but that doesn't always help!<br /><br />Garce - these days almost all the covers I see are photo-based. There's actually a problem here; most of the artists Photoshop their covers using stock photos from one of the big sites. You can end up seeing essentially the same images on multiple books. Not good at all!<br /><br />Sally- I'd much rather have faces on my covers, male or female. But most cover artists won't try to do this, because as I said, they tend to use stock photos and claim that it's difficult to find the right face. In fact, for Exposure I found a woman's face that I thought was perfect, but Stella said it would be too difficult to cut her out of the background.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />LisabetLisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-18835656402706428732009-08-09T21:02:22.250-04:002009-08-09T21:02:22.250-04:00How do you feel about headless (or faceless) femal...How do you feel about headless (or faceless) females on covers, Lisabet? I nots most of your favourites don't show the face. In my experience (mostly of children's and YA books) the books that feature characters LOOKING at the reader sell a tonne better than those that feature characters looking away... unless the character is actively involved in something. For example my 1984 picture book, Dreadful David, (which is STILL in print!) features a child who is not looking at the reader, but who is busily being bad.Sally_Odgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-61473855463394801262009-08-09T16:23:56.309-04:002009-08-09T16:23:56.309-04:00GREAT post!GREAT post!Leigh M. Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419221093398839195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81799553171441960012009-08-09T13:14:13.677-04:002009-08-09T13:14:13.677-04:00This is a great topic and I really enjoyed your ta...This is a great topic and I really enjoyed your take on it, Lisabet. I've had a couple of covers that made me cringe. I had one that actually made me cry and I begged the publisher to change it. She did, but it still wasn't what I'd hoped for. I may share them, I might wimp out. LOL<br /><br />When the author has no input for the covers, it's not surprising when the covers don't have a thing to do with the content. Sad, but it's happening all the time. Oh, and those chests, I'm with you. WTF! They seem to have no trouble showing the woman off. Sheesh!<br /><br />Great post. <br /><br />Hugs<br />JudeJude Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067166768734750026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-61516489175490279632009-08-09T09:54:29.179-04:002009-08-09T09:54:29.179-04:00Hi Lisabet!
I didn't know Alessia did her own...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />I didn't know Alessia did her own book covers, that's amazing. And they're really good covers too, because they're fairly specific to the material which I think is the key to a good book cover.<br /><br />I was thinking a lot about this topic when I was writing my post about Pulp Fiction because the covers of the old pulps are so lurid and in your face, especially the "spicy" pulps which had almost nude women at a time when sex was never discussed in public and people like us would have been burned at the stake. I like your book covers particularly Raw Silk (nice ass) and I notice how many of the best ones are photograph based. That's a fairly new thing I think.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-90510181031468444772009-08-09T08:27:23.870-04:002009-08-09T08:27:23.870-04:00Thanks for the shout! (I am, by the way, not respo...Thanks for the shout! (I am, by the way, not responsible for the Al Fresco cover. The wonderful people at ARe provided the cover for that exclusive release. However, they did use our standard fonts, which is a means of branding.)Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08619940510165528430noreply@blogger.com