Comments on: Cover Me

By: Anna Dougherty

Anna Dougherty — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:00:31 +0000

I’m especially irritated when the cover models look nothing like the actual characters. It can’t be that hard to find models with the same hair color as the heroine. This might be why the trend of headless models is so big.

I also don’t like when every book cover looks just the the others on the shelf. Yes, certain images can draw you in but would it hurt to be different. Last year all the covers were in purples and blues- this year is looking green. Why is that?

One thing I will never tire of is the male leaning against a wall (fence, bed, desk etc) wearing low slung faded jeans. Yum!

By: Alana Matthews

Alana Matthews — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:02:46 +0000

Man titty. LOL. I almost spit out my coffee on that one.

By: Sarah Tanner

Sarah Tanner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:44:24 +0000

I don’t like man titty covers where you can’t see the guy’s face. Even worse: headless torsos.

By: Gerd D.

Gerd D. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:18:55 +0000

Personally, I’m intrigued by classic romance covers, wish I could go to see the exhibition.

I mostly dislike like that trend to feature headless shots of the models, I heard the theory that this is done to make it easier for the readers to indentify with them but I keep wondering, mainly because it reduces people to bodies. I say mostly because I _loved_ the way the cover for the book “Cleopatra’s Daughter” was done.

By: Kimber An

Kimber An — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:03:00 +0000

I’ve enjoyed Kimani Press’ cover art the most and HQN is usually beautiful, except when it comes to one of my favorite authors, Susan Grant. She writes Science Fiction Romance, but her covers rarely show that. I realize they’re trying to market a product the best they know how, but it annoys the established readership and confuses the new ones.

Cover art should reflect the story and be pleasant to look at. Of course, ‘pleasant to look at’ is subjective.