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From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:49 -0600
I would assume the rationale is so that readers can make pictures in their own heads as to how they imagine a character. Kids are notoriously picky about such things, even more so than B&N buyers. Also, it seems that the photographic covers generally use stock photos these days. The chances of finding a stock photo of a face that looks close enough to a character description to satisfy young readers are slim, not to mention time consuming.
That said, I would like to commend the photo of the girl used on the cover of Christopher Paul Curtis's new book, The Mighty Miss Malone. Whether they used a stock photo or went to the trouble of finding the right model to photograph, it is perfect.
KT
On 2/10/2012 8:14 AM, sully_at_sully-writer.com wrote: That is so bizarre but not bizarre enough to seem implausible. The question is makes me ask is, if true, why on earth would a bookseller make such a demand?
Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706 http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc horning_at_education.wisc.edu 608-263-3721 (phone) 608-262-4933 (fax)
Received on Fri 10 Feb 2012 09:39:49 AM CST
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:49 -0600
I would assume the rationale is so that readers can make pictures in their own heads as to how they imagine a character. Kids are notoriously picky about such things, even more so than B&N buyers. Also, it seems that the photographic covers generally use stock photos these days. The chances of finding a stock photo of a face that looks close enough to a character description to satisfy young readers are slim, not to mention time consuming.
That said, I would like to commend the photo of the girl used on the cover of Christopher Paul Curtis's new book, The Mighty Miss Malone. Whether they used a stock photo or went to the trouble of finding the right model to photograph, it is perfect.
KT
On 2/10/2012 8:14 AM, sully_at_sully-writer.com wrote: That is so bizarre but not bizarre enough to seem implausible. The question is makes me ask is, if true, why on earth would a bookseller make such a demand?
Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706 http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc horning_at_education.wisc.edu 608-263-3721 (phone) 608-262-4933 (fax)
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