[ SECRET POST #3125 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3125 ⌋

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Comments

[bur]

I think this is why I avoid the YA section more than I used to. There are still good books there! However, now they all have some girls photo plastered across the whole cover. It just looks CHEAP.

Same with the photos of leather-clad asses on all the urban fantasy books in the SFF section.

Where are my creative covers at??

[(Anonymous)]

Cover art these days seems very heavy into "branding" for particular genres rather than aesthetic appeal. You slap a teenage girl's face on the cover of a YA so people know it's YA, there's leather clad badass chicks on urban fantasy so people know it's urban fantasy, etc. etc. Historical fiction/romance have tons of ladies in floofy gowns, often looking out of windows. I understand why it's done, but most efforts really lack creativity. :(

[lb_lee]

I think part of it might be due to budgetary reasons? I've heard the photomanips are cheaper (and possibly faster) than hiring a cover artist. I'm not sure how true that is though.

--Rogan