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Cover change

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I was lucky enough to get an early copy of the forthcoming Epitaph Road by David Patneaude. One of the things that really attracted me was the sweet cover (yeah, I’m superficial, but so are you):


I think it speaks to the post-apocalyptic tone with no problem. The orange is really memorable, and I love the single person walking away. The tone for the novel is set so perfectly. Again, this is what my ARC cover is, and we know that covers change between the early copies and the final.

I noticed recently that the cover changed to this:


I’m not a fan. It reminds me of a really lame movie poster. I think putting faces on the cover detracted from the tone the first cover set. This doesn’t look post-apocalyptic but instead looks like…..well, quite honestly, it makes me think of this:


I’m pretty sure that’s not what the goal is. I don’t get why the change needed to happen. The first one was so perfect. Oh, and with the orange missing, it’s not going to stand out on the shelves any more. Those bright colors really do make a difference to readers when it comes to standing out from the crowd…and in a field full of faces on covers, I’m afraid this one might get hidden too easily.

What do you think? Early cover or the one going to print?

Unlocked

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Some of these covers were featured on the Bookends blog, but I’m going to add some more to the key covers copy catting:
Green by Laura Peyton Roberts


Suite Scarlett (and for that matter, Scarlett Fever) by Maureen Johnson


The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb


Incarceron by Catherine Fisher


Split by Swati Avasthi

From what I’ve read of the descriptions (because of these, I’ve only read Suite Scarlett), I think that Split’s cover is most content-fitting. I love the old looking keys, but the novelty wears off when you see it so often.

Do you think any of them did it better or is more interesting? I’m not committed to loving or disliking any of them. They just don’t stand out as memorable to me except for the fact that there are so many other covers with similar looks.

Up, Up, and Away

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Tell me what these have in common (the last one’s a stretch, but go with it):

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne


My 100 Adventures by Polly Horbath


The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg

Abby reminded me about this one, too:

Newsgirl by Lisa Ketchum

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The hot air balloon on the front cover. I love it and its many manifestations. So, maybe Selznick’s isn’t a hot air balloon, but every time I see this cover, it makes me think of one because it looks a lot like one.

I love the hot air balloon look. You can carry people, you can carry champagne, you can carry a house, and you can be a fake.

Seen any others floating (haha) around? Do you like one better than any of the others?

Another masked fat girl

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You’ve already read this post, but let me add another book to the list of books that feature fat girls and don’t picture them on the cover:


I mean, a major plot point has to do with her being overweight. Why the skinny girl on the cover? It’d be hard to pretend she’s overweight in the position she’s sitting, too. If you’ve read the book, you know that the point Daelyn’s at in the book, she’s not fat. Page 111 she makes it clear, though, she’s not skinny. She’s been bullied for her weight forever, and she says (likely warped in her sense of perception) she’s not attractive at all.

I REALLY don’t think it’s asking for a whole lot to be a little more realistic about this.

Check out this paperback

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Although this one doesn’t bother me in the way that this hardcover-paperback cover change did, I’m really not feeling this one.


I love the somewhat cold feeling this cover has. It absolutely fits with the story. It’s eye-catching, as well.

But then they needed to go and do this for the paperback:

Now, I saw this in an advertisement for Penguin paperbacks in the latest VOYA, so it might not be 100%. I really, really hope not. Covers with people are overdone, and I really enjoyed this particular title because the readers make up their mind about Mia in so many ways. The paperback gives us an image of her, and frankly, it reminds me a lot of 13 Reasons Why, and by doing that, I have a different image of what the book will be about. It sounds like suicide, doesn’t it, with that image and the title?

Here’s the Australian cover, too. Another one I’m not a huge fan of, but this one I don’t care for because it seems too childish:


Do you have a preference? I think the face-on-the-cover has been overdone, and I found the hardcover of this title so refreshing and different.