Publishing Newsbook-covers / coverfail80 Comments
First up is the non controversial good stuff. New Releases. We have the Coming Soon picture catalog ready for viewing. The author promo thread and reader open thread are up and running. We brought back the “recent comments” feature. We took it down because it seemed to be slowing down ... more >
Coverscover-art / coverfail35 Comments
I thought the title of this book perfectly matched the cover but probably not for the reasons that the publisher intended. Does this not look like the Regency version of a man in a car asking a little girl if she wants a piece of candy? In working on the ... more >
CoversAvon / cover / coverfail19 Comments
It’s one thing to have vaguely similar art from one publishing house to another (or perhaps in some cases blatant copying of one cover by another house) but the reuse of the same cover art, the same look, perhaps even the same model with some fantastic photoshopping within the same ... more >
CoversCL-Wilson / coverfail / Robin Owens23 Comments
I love CL Wilson and thoughtCrown of Crystal Flame was a grand conclusion to her epic Tairen Soul series but as a friend of mine said, “What is Bronson Pinchot doing on the cover?” I’ve never read Robin Owens but I have friends who are fans, ardent fans, of her ... more >
Coverscoverfail / Jeaniene Frost / Lisa Ruff26 Comments
Covers fascinate me and a lot of blogs do the cover thing like the classic and can’t be duplicated cover snark by the Smart Bitches and so I’ve never posted about bad covers here at Dear Author. Nor about good covers. But I love to talk about them so I ... more >