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From: sue corbett <scorbett1_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:05 -0500 (EST)
I have heard this claim, as well, that B&N (and other booksellers who have had the opportunity to have input) object to photos. I'm sure there is sal es data to back up their objection -- books with photographic representatio ns of the characters don't sell as well as those with more iconic, stylized covers. The Hunger Games series has had great covers. Carl Hiaasen's books at Knopf really appeal to me. I love the cover for the new book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, who is apparently a book designer herself. And, by the way, I love the book inside that cover, too -- if you haven't read it, do!
Sue Corbett ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.suecorbett.com
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From: sully <sully_at_sully-writer.com> To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net@ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:28 am Subject: RE:
HEADLESS CHILDREN
? Lee, ? That is so bizarre?but not bizarre enough to seem implausible.?The questio n is makes me ask is, if true, why on earth would a bookseller make such a demand? At one point?I was so troubled by this headless trend that I went a round to publishers at a convention to talk about it. The reaction of all t hem seemed to be that they hadn't really thought of it as misogynistic. I'm glad to see from your comments and some of the other posts that it wasn't just me who had this response. ? Ed Sullivan
Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian http://www.sully-writer.com? http://sullywriter.wordpress.com? ? ?
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HEADLESS CHILDREN From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Date: Thu, February 09, 2012 3:34 pm To: jlpowers@evaporites.com, sully@sully-writer.com Cc: ccbc-net@lists.wisc.edu
I don't know how?much?truth there is about this topic but I was told by a publicity director at a major house that buyers, a few years back, from B&N , dictated?if a YA?jacket cover featured a child, no head shots were to be shown (art or photography).? If so, B&N would not carry the title.? We did see, as Edward points out, countless novels with?headless youth or merely h ands and/or feet on YA jackets. ? Just an interesting muse... ? Lee Bennett Hopkins ? Visit my site at: www.leebennetthopkins.com ? In a message dated 2/9/2012 3:25:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jlpowers_at_ evaporites.com writes: Some of the covers with girls in gowns are also headless.
On 2/8/2012 4:34 PM, sully_at_sully-writer.com?wrote: ? I don't think I've seen so much of this the last couple of years but there was disturbing trend for a while in YA novels to have pictures of girls on the cover with the head cropped off. It struck me as kind of misogynistic.
Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian http://www.sully-writer.com? http://sullywriter.wordpress.com? ? ? -- ?
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:05 -0500 (EST)
I have heard this claim, as well, that B&N (and other booksellers who have had the opportunity to have input) object to photos. I'm sure there is sal es data to back up their objection -- books with photographic representatio ns of the characters don't sell as well as those with more iconic, stylized covers. The Hunger Games series has had great covers. Carl Hiaasen's books at Knopf really appeal to me. I love the cover for the new book, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, who is apparently a book designer herself. And, by the way, I love the book inside that cover, too -- if you haven't read it, do!
Sue Corbett ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.suecorbett.com
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From: sully <sully_at_sully-writer.com> To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net@ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 11:28 am Subject: RE:
HEADLESS CHILDREN
? Lee, ? That is so bizarre?but not bizarre enough to seem implausible.?The questio n is makes me ask is, if true, why on earth would a bookseller make such a demand? At one point?I was so troubled by this headless trend that I went a round to publishers at a convention to talk about it. The reaction of all t hem seemed to be that they hadn't really thought of it as misogynistic. I'm glad to see from your comments and some of the other posts that it wasn't just me who had this response. ? Ed Sullivan
Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian http://www.sully-writer.com? http://sullywriter.wordpress.com? ? ?
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HEADLESS CHILDREN From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Date: Thu, February 09, 2012 3:34 pm To: jlpowers@evaporites.com, sully@sully-writer.com Cc: ccbc-net@lists.wisc.edu
I don't know how?much?truth there is about this topic but I was told by a publicity director at a major house that buyers, a few years back, from B&N , dictated?if a YA?jacket cover featured a child, no head shots were to be shown (art or photography).? If so, B&N would not carry the title.? We did see, as Edward points out, countless novels with?headless youth or merely h ands and/or feet on YA jackets. ? Just an interesting muse... ? Lee Bennett Hopkins ? Visit my site at: www.leebennetthopkins.com ? In a message dated 2/9/2012 3:25:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jlpowers_at_ evaporites.com writes: Some of the covers with girls in gowns are also headless.
On 2/8/2012 4:34 PM, sully_at_sully-writer.com?wrote: ? I don't think I've seen so much of this the last couple of years but there was disturbing trend for a while in YA novels to have pictures of girls on the cover with the head cropped off. It struck me as kind of misogynistic.
Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian http://www.sully-writer.com? http://sullywriter.wordpress.com? ? ? -- ?
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