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NoirFemme
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| JyLnC wrote: | In this case, I prefer the American version, too. Everyone has different tastes but Harlequin will use cover styles that have proven successful based on their sales figures. It's all about the bottom line.
Here is one of my favorite US Series Covers from our 2009 Cover Cafe contest. I love it!
 2009 - 4th Place
Entangled Publishing has launched several digital Series imprints this year. They have a more minimalist design and we'll have to see how they fare in the 2012 cover contest.
Linnae aka JyLnC
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Entangled Publishing is an interesting case. They launched their category lines with the claim that they weren't your mother's Harlequins (or something like that), and based on the success of a number of Entangled titles, it seems their minimalist approach to covers works.
Since FSoG-style covers are currently sweeping through erotic romance (  ), I wonder what historical hit will influence a change in historical romance covers! |
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JaneO
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Awhile back, Joanna Bourne posted some of her covers from German and other editions. They were so much classier than the American covers!
I can't help thinking that this indicates a certain contempt on the part of publishers for the American readers of Romance. |
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NoirFemme
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| JaneO wrote: | Awhile back, Joanna Bourne posted some of her covers from German and other editions. They were so much classier than the American covers!
I can't help thinking that this indicates a certain contempt on the part of publishers for the American readers of Romance. |
I don't think it's contempt, but art departments lacking innovation and inspiration when it comes to creating covers for genre fiction. Or possibly, the [currently slipping] power of booksellers, who can/could nix covers or titles they don't like if they feel sales will tank--hence why no red-headed heroes on covers, or slim models when the heroine is described as curvy. |
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