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riskyduck 's review for:
The Spymaster's Lady
by Joanna Bourne
My guess at how the publisher’s office works, based on the cover of this book:
Publisher: So what’s this book about?
Assistant: Hell if I know. Or care.
Publisher: Ok. Put an ambiguous guy on the front. That should "cover" our bases.
Assistant: Good one, boss. I’ll make sure to make him look like a tool.
OR maybe something like this:
Assistant: Spymaster’s Lady, huh? That’s a pretty intriguing title.
Publisher: Yea. It’s too sophisticated. The cover has to balance that.
A: Ok. I’ll use an effeminate male model dazedly looking at nothing.
P: Perfect. Wait, how was the story?
A: Inventive, fun, sly, and entertaining.
P: Crap. Better make him shirtless to disguise that.
A: Well, there was an epic-type romance with plenty of heat.
P: Ok, he can be in the process of taking off the shirt. Make sure his chest is showing though.
A: How many abs can I show? 2?
P: Hmm… How was the dialogue?
A: Direct, intelligent, often hilarious.
P: The characters?
A: Lovely. Best I've seen in a long time.
P: Better make it an 6-pack then. We need to make sure people who aren’t used to romance novels are scared off.
A: -nods- Genius, boss.
P: I know. One last thing. If the book’s unique and witty, make sure the back cover hides that as well as possible in cliché and over the top descriptions.
A: Please. That’s romance novel publishing 101. I just used my favorite template and inserted the names and occupations.
P: Great work. Look like our job is done. Let me buy us a round of glue bottles to sniff.
A: Sounds delightful.
Seriously loved this book. And obviously like many others, seriously hate the cover. Had to get that out there. Rest of the review coming soon.
Publisher: So what’s this book about?
Assistant: Hell if I know. Or care.
Publisher: Ok. Put an ambiguous guy on the front. That should "cover" our bases.
Assistant: Good one, boss. I’ll make sure to make him look like a tool.
OR maybe something like this:
Assistant: Spymaster’s Lady, huh? That’s a pretty intriguing title.
Publisher: Yea. It’s too sophisticated. The cover has to balance that.
A: Ok. I’ll use an effeminate male model dazedly looking at nothing.
P: Perfect. Wait, how was the story?
A: Inventive, fun, sly, and entertaining.
P: Crap. Better make him shirtless to disguise that.
A: Well, there was an epic-type romance with plenty of heat.
P: Ok, he can be in the process of taking off the shirt. Make sure his chest is showing though.
A: How many abs can I show? 2?
P: Hmm… How was the dialogue?
A: Direct, intelligent, often hilarious.
P: The characters?
A: Lovely. Best I've seen in a long time.
P: Better make it an 6-pack then. We need to make sure people who aren’t used to romance novels are scared off.
A: -nods- Genius, boss.
P: I know. One last thing. If the book’s unique and witty, make sure the back cover hides that as well as possible in cliché and over the top descriptions.
A: Please. That’s romance novel publishing 101. I just used my favorite template and inserted the names and occupations.
P: Great work. Look like our job is done. Let me buy us a round of glue bottles to sniff.
A: Sounds delightful.
Seriously loved this book. And obviously like many others, seriously hate the cover. Had to get that out there. Rest of the review coming soon.