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How to Fall for a Naked Werewolf
August 25, 2010

CoverFail: Why Cartoon Covers Have Been Abandoned

JaneCoverscovers36 Comments

Cartoon covers have been pretty much axed from the romance cover catalog due to declining sales of books with those covers. I admit that I was never a huge fan of the cover, but neither did I find them totally offputting. There are worse things than cartoons, right? Today’s first ... more >

The Perfect Play
July 14, 2010

Reader Roundtables, Part I – the Covers

JaneLetters of Opinioncovers / RomCon51 Comments

I can't remember when Sarah and I first conceived the Reader Roundtable idea, but we have had a great time conducting these little events, first at Romantic Times and then twice (by accident) at RomCon.   One of the greatest things about having a blog is having constant reader interaction. It's ... more >

blood from blood
January 26, 2010

Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About

JaneLetters of Opinionauthor / Barry Eisler / covers / publishing143 Comments

A common refrain arising out of last week’s Magic Under Glass cover controversy is that authors are afraid to speak out against their publishers — even over racial misrepresentation on their covers. It seems authors fear that if they speak out they could be labeled as troublesome, and that the ... more >

September 27, 2009

Digital Consumers Like Pictures Too

JaneEbookscovers / ebook-conversion / Ebooks37 Comments

These images are the covers to ebooks from Random House, Pocket, and Berkley. I’m a big champion of ebooks, obviously, but there are all kinds of problems with ebooks from the expensive hardware to the ridiculous number of formats and DRM encryption schemes.   Those are issues that publishers may not ... more >

September 6, 2009

Using POD to Make Shelf Worthy Books

JaneEbooks / Letters of Opinioncovers / digital publishing / Ebooks19 Comments

Last week, I wrote that publishers had sacrificed the quality of the printed book in order to preserve their margins reducing the shelf worthy quality of hardcover, trade and mass market fiction. Because of the decreased quality of the printed books, it’s no real sacrifice to move to digital books. ... more >

August 30, 2009

The Lost Art of Publication (or why ebooks haven’t degraded print at all)

JaneBook Reviews / Letters of Opinionbook business / covers / Ebooks39 Comments

Those devoted to paper in publishing houses worry that digital publishing will lead to the loss of the art of publication.   The sad fact is that the art of publication has been subsumed in mass production long ago.   With increased paper costs, distribution costs, lowering margins, publishers have cheapened the ... more >

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