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Cover design has changed a lot over the years - and I don't just mean the monochromatic single-item shallow-focus trend going on right now. Used to be covers were... on a book, on a shelf. Now, covers are on books, on physical bookshelves, on digital books in all sorts of… read more »
Time to play Which Cover do you Like Better? I received two ARC (advanced reader copies) in the mail yesterday, both of which had one cover on the ARC itself plus a color printout announcing that the book had a new cover. Interesting! I tweeted the covers last night and wondered… read more »
An increasing number of animals are making their way onto book covers - pets, it seems, sell really well! Unfortunately, they aren't always well Photoshopped. When review copies arrive, all too often, one of my cats, Gracie, is on the kitchen counter, and she has Many Opinions about the animals… read more »
One of the best parts of Ye Olde Inboxe is all the email I receive with covers attached. Covers that make you go, WTF - or, in most cases, DON'T LOOK WAIT NO YOU HAVE TO. Here are a few of the best from the past few months of my… read more »
Time for another round of, "Hey! That Looks Like..." where the cover models look like someone and usually it makes me insane that I can't idenitfy who it is. Familiarity is such a tease. read more »
There have been a number of prominent cover models who are so famous within or even outside of the romance reading community that they're instantly recognizable. I can spot Ewa da Cruz from ten paces at this point, and Jed Hill's abdominals are also quite recognizable as well. I recently… read more »
If you've seen books on a shelf in a store anywhere, like the newsstand at the airport or a kiosk at the grocery store, you've noticed that the success of 50 Shades of Grey has had quite an effect on cover art for contemporary erotic romances. It's shades of grey… read more »
I thought about hosting a caption this cover contest for this one, because the captions are so... obvious. But the more I thought about it, the more nauseated I got, so I'll caption this one for you: POOP! But why stop there? Have a few more oddities from the world… read more »
Heather sent me a pile of links to epic covers awhile back, and I realized, as I was looking at them for about the fifth time, we haven't discussed the TRUE COLOR OF ROMANCE in awhile. That would be fuchsia, if you're curious. Only because of this site have I… read more »
Should I infict the clown cover upon you another time? Yes, I think I shall: She's got pigtails and a considering expression on her face. He's, well, if you have a clown phobia, he's the most terrifying ever. If you don't have a clown phobia, he's still kind of terrifying.… read more »
I apologize in advance for this cover, as I know you're all going to scream. I tweeted it last week and people were hollering at me on Twitter for hours afterward. Nightmares, twitches and phobias, all awakened by a single romance cover. It's so awful, I'm going to put a… read more »
I notice that when I read romances, I really enjoy scenes from the hero's point of view. I love the change in perspective, but more importantly, I love scenes where, because I know the character from the prose, I almost know already what he's thinking. But then, I realized, we've… read more »
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