Comments on: >Alice McKinley called, and she wants her cover back http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anonymous http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10769 Anonymous Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:27:09 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10769 >There is a scene in the book where the kids get new shoes. Flissy gets brown oxfords (for which she gives up her black plimsolls, which look like Keds, but not Chucks, which these are)and "Derek got a pair of black canvas high tops" both of which hipsters all over New York are wearing these days. Why not go with those? >There is a scene in the book where the kids get new shoes. Flissy gets brown oxfords (for which she gives up her black plimsolls, which look like Keds, but not Chucks, which these are)and "Derek got a pair of black canvas high tops" both of which hipsters all over New York are wearing these days. Why not go with those?

]]> By: proseandkahn http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10756 proseandkahn Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:43:43 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10756 >I wondered that about a month ago when I read and commented as such on Teri Lesesne's blog review of it. I'm glad that Abby actually did the work of verifying that they were not around at that time. <br /><br />Teri's review made me interested in reading the book. The cover did distract me. While I'm all for making the cover appealing, it is important to me to keep it accurate. <br /><br />brenda >I wondered that about a month ago when I read and commented as such on Teri Lesesne's blog review of it. I'm glad that Abby actually did the work of verifying that they were not around at that time.

Teri's review made me interested in reading the book. The cover did distract me. While I'm all for making the cover appealing, it is important to me to keep it accurate.

brenda

]]> By: Roger Sutton http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10723 Roger Sutton Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:36:41 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10723 >Scholastic wants to know what WE think. >Scholastic wants to know what WE think.

]]> By: Abby http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10713 Abby Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:28:08 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10713 >Roger, I couldn't tell you for sure that they're Converse. A shoe expert, I am not. :) >Roger, I couldn't tell you for sure that they're Converse. A shoe expert, I am not. :)

]]> By: Roger Sutton http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10712 Roger Sutton Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:05:05 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10712 >Thanks, Abby, I've been trying to find that info. Are those shoes definitely Converse? The back ones look like the Keds I had as a kid circa 1960. I think historical accuracy does matter in cover art, especially when the inaccuracy amounts to blatant and pandering misrepresentation, which I believe is the case here. I wish we could get a comment from Levine/Scholastic (the publisher). Why, I believe I shall ask. >Thanks, Abby, I've been trying to find that info. Are those shoes definitely Converse? The back ones look like the Keds I had as a kid circa 1960. I think historical accuracy does matter in cover art, especially when the inaccuracy amounts to blatant and pandering misrepresentation, which I believe is the case here. I wish we could get a comment from Levine/Scholastic (the publisher). Why, I believe I shall ask.

]]> By: Abby http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10711 Abby Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:55:24 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10711 >According to Wikipedia (I know, I know, but it's the best I can do for now), the Chuck Taylor "low-tops" debuted in 1957. <br /><br />The Converse website implies that colored Chuck Taylors (like, say, pink) were not available until the '60s. <br /><br />Maybe this is moot since the cover is so very mismatched with the plot of the book, but...<br /><br />How important is historical accuracy on the cover of a historical novel? >According to Wikipedia (I know, I know, but it's the best I can do for now), the Chuck Taylor "low-tops" debuted in 1957.

The Converse website implies that colored Chuck Taylors (like, say, pink) were not available until the '60s.

Maybe this is moot since the cover is so very mismatched with the plot of the book, but…

How important is historical accuracy on the cover of a historical novel?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10703 Anonymous Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:53:50 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10703 ><i> The Arm AND the Starfish</i> would be closer. > The Arm AND the Starfish would be closer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10702 Anonymous Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:24:31 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10702 >"Yes, Anon2, they should have called it Starfish in My Hand."<br /><br />Or THE ARM OF THE STARFISH to attract L'Engle fans. >"Yes, Anon2, they should have called it Starfish in My Hand."

Or THE ARM OF THE STARFISH to attract L'Engle fans.

]]> By: Anne Ursu http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10700 Anne Ursu Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:41:54 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10700 >You sort of feel like some assistant pressed the wrong button somewhere. >You sort of feel like some assistant pressed the wrong button somewhere.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.hbook.com/2011/02/blogs/read-roger/alice-mckinley-called-and-she-wants-her-cover-back/#comment-10699 Anonymous Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:47:41 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3634#comment-10699 >It's a Nash Equilibrium isn't it? All the publishers hate the fake-girl-covers and the psuedo-vampire covers, but the first one to break from the pack and offer something new to customers is going to see their sales figures get hammered when Barnes and Noble won't put it on the shelf. <br /><br />So the publishers shuffle along in lockstep trying to make tiny changes just significant enough that their books will stand out, but not seem too outre.<br /><br />If they met to fix prices, it would be illegal. Do you think they could have a sekrit meeting to agree not to use photographs on covers for five years?<br /><br /><br />And I prefer <i>Girl with a Starfish</i><br /><br />Anon2 >It's a Nash Equilibrium isn't it? All the publishers hate the fake-girl-covers and the psuedo-vampire covers, but the first one to break from the pack and offer something new to customers is going to see their sales figures get hammered when Barnes and Noble won't put it on the shelf.

So the publishers shuffle along in lockstep trying to make tiny changes just significant enough that their books will stand out, but not seem too outre.

If they met to fix prices, it would be illegal. Do you think they could have a sekrit meeting to agree not to use photographs on covers for five years?

And I prefer Girl with a Starfish

Anon2

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