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From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:00 -0700
nt I don't think I've seen so much of th is the last couple of years but there was disturbing trend for a while in Y A novels to have pictures of girls on the cover with the head cropped off. It struck me as kind of misogynistic. Ed ward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian lly- http://www.sully-writer.com
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Cover Talk From: Megan Schli
esman schliesman_at_edu ca tion.wisc.edu Date: Wed, February 08, 2012 5:36 pm To: "ccbc- net, Subscribers of" ccbc- ne t_at_lists.wisc.edu
As we noted in our topic description, we've been seeing a lot of faces and feet on book covers. What have you seen--or perhaps just as important--NOT seen (for better or worse) on the jackets o f books for children and teens?
Megan
February: First Part of Month: Cover Talk: For awhile, it was photographs of f aces. More recently, it E2 Ђ™s been feet, whether bare or decked out run: y in AllStars, flip-flops, flats, or Doc Martens. There are trends in cover art just as there are trends in subject matter when it comes to books for children and teens. We’l l spend the first part of February discussing book jacket first impressions, hits, and misses, and pondering the mindset of marketing (accurate or not) when i t comes to cover art in books for youth. & nbsp; (Check out the blog JacketKnack for more on cover art: s=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/" tar get http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/ ) run: -- M egan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Educati on, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706 608/262-9503 o:sc schliesman_at_education.wisc.ed u
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Received on Wed 08 Feb 2012 05:34:00 PM CST
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:00 -0700
nt I don't think I've seen so much of th is the last couple of years but there was disturbing trend for a while in Y A novels to have pictures of girls on the cover with the head cropped off. It struck me as kind of misogynistic. Ed ward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian lly- http://www.sully-writer.com
http ://s ullywriter.wordpress.com
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-- Origi nal Message -------- Subject:
Cover Talk From: Megan Schli
esman schliesman_at_edu ca tion.wisc.edu Date: Wed, February 08, 2012 5:36 pm To: "ccbc- net, Subscribers of" ccbc- ne t_at_lists.wisc.edu
As we noted in our topic description, we've been seeing a lot of faces and feet on book covers. What have you seen--or perhaps just as important--NOT seen (for better or worse) on the jackets o f books for children and teens?
Megan
February: First Part of Month: Cover Talk: For awhile, it was photographs of f aces. More recently, it E2 Ђ™s been feet, whether bare or decked out run: y in AllStars, flip-flops, flats, or Doc Martens. There are trends in cover art just as there are trends in subject matter when it comes to books for children and teens. We’l l spend the first part of February discussing book jacket first impressions, hits, and misses, and pondering the mindset of marketing (accurate or not) when i t comes to cover art in books for youth. & nbsp; (Check out the blog JacketKnack for more on cover art: s=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/" tar get http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/ ) run: -- M egan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Educati on, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706 608/262-9503 o:sc schliesman_at_education.wisc.ed u
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