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January 12, 2022

2021 Covers: The Hot…and the Not

Guest ReviewerEssays / Letters of Opinionbook-covers / Contemporary romance / cover model / guest-blogger / sexy / unsexy22 Comments

NOTE: Today DA commenter DiscoDollyDeb has a post for us on the sexy (and not-so-sexy) book covers of 2021. Enjoy! –Janine Dear Readers, When it comes to romance novel covers, I have opinions—mostly of the type that could be whittled down to “Bring on the shirtless cover models with the ... more >

September 30, 2021

CONVERSATION: Cover Art and Title Trends

JanineConversationsbook titles / book-covers / chat / grammar / marketing / publishing trends18 Comments

Recently, Jayne, myself and a friend of ours (someone who writes grammar textbooks) had this conversation: Jayne: I just started The Ex Hex and am hoping for a cutesy rom-com. We’ll see what I get. Janine: Have you noticed how The [Adjective] [Noun] titles have become a trend in contemporary ... more >

May 18, 2010

My Big Fat Cover Rant from Heather, The Galaxy Express

Guest ReviewerLetters of Opinionbook-covers / brand / marketing / publicity106 Comments

Allow me to tell you a story. Recently, I had the honor of premiering a cover for a science fiction romance book on my blog. The cover for R. Garland Gray's Darkscape: First Heir excited me because it had a combination of SF and romance elements that hit the right ... more >

February 25, 2009

WTF Cover Poll

JanePollbook-covers / covers93 Comments

I’m of the opinion that this looks like a 10 year old and I feel dirty looking at it.   Angie James posted it on her twitter and wanted to know what the genre was.   I guessed wrong.   What about you?

February 2, 2009

Monday Night Links of Ebook Opinion

JaneBook Reviewsbook-covers / Ebooks / Kindle / Sony13 Comments

Ars Technica has a fabulous (but lengthy) post about ebooks and the evolving publisher response (mostly not helpful). Ars is waiting for Apple to take up the mantle of ebooks like it did with music. I think it won’t. Apple’s focused on gaming and why not? Video game sales were ... more >

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