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>Now you don't!So what do you think was the reasoning behind the cover change of The Green Glass Sea (published this fall by Viking), an excellent historical novel set at Los Alamos, and what it was like for the children there, during WWII? My first thought was that the photo of the girl might have made people think it was an Anne Frank book, or perhaps the publisher might have decided that the design was just too darned busy, especially if somebody decides to put an award sticker on it.
Now you don't!
So what do you think was the reasoning behind the cover change of The Green Glass Sea (published this fall by Viking), an excellent historical novel set at Los Alamos, and what it was like for the children there, during WWII? My first thought was that the photo of the girl might have made people think it was an Anne Frank book, or perhaps the publisher might have decided that the design was just too darned busy, especially if somebody decides to put an award sticker on it. The second definitely says literary fiction here, and tones down the math. It's beautiful, but I have to say the first cover made me grab the galley straight away. And, cover questions aside, I'm glad I did. Do watch for the book.
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rindambyers
>eeeehyaa, just give me the book, the book, the book, to read....I would take a good new book that was naked, WITHOUT any cover at all, if Roger said it was a good book...I want the book!Posted : Sep 17, 2006 07:18
Klages
>SDN is Sharyn November, and I am indeed fortunate.--Ellen
Posted : Sep 15, 2006 05:18
Anonymous
>Jumping to conclusions: is "SGN" Sharyn November? If so, Ellen Klages is very fortunate in her choice of editor!Posted : Sep 14, 2006 06:32
Lynn
>Now that you mention it, the fist cover is a bit Anne Frank-esque.I have to admit the prominent math equations on the first cover, even with the word secret, would have been a bit off-putting because.... math = ick for me. The second one is more pleasing to the eye and the secret word hits at the secret within. Other than picture books I don't give cover art much thought. While covers for YA and middle readers are often clever, colorful, and meaningful, I am just more interested in the inside.
I'm a voracious reader of "chick lit" (love much of it) and would not confuse either cover for that genre as their covers often detract from the writing within. This cover does not.
SDN, thanks for the insight on the cover!
Posted : Sep 14, 2006 02:42
Anonymous
>Hey, some of us "anonymouses" are insulted! We take great pride in our spelling and punctuation, and when we make a mistake, it's usually because the computer monitor is in that terrible spot between where we need our glasses to read and where we need our glasses off to read. (Very annoying.)Anyway, if you find spelling and punctuation errors intolerable, you might want to stay off the Web. And don't even THINK of going into Instant Messaging.
Posted : Sep 14, 2006 02:32