[ SECRET POST #3833 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3833 ⌋

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Comments

[tabaqui]

Aw, that sucks.

I was/am kind of feeling that way in that so many books out there right now just don't grab me *at all*. Reading a little online, reading a summary and reviews, all makes me just shake my head and backbutton. Too many tired cliches and tropes and just bad writing.

I did recently power through all of The Expansion series that's currently out, and i think that was a big help - that I could just read and keep reading, without having to wait a year for the next installment.

[(Anonymous)]

I was in a bookshop recently and when I looked at the shelves all that they did was remind me all my favorite authors were either dead or retired.

It made me not-happy.

Also I found out that cover art is shocking generic right now. Where are all the great cover artists who can produce a world of wonder and adventure just through some dynamic and bright art work? The teal filter and pouty/scowly twentysomething trend that has cursed movie posters for so long has assimilated the book cover trade too.

[tabaqui]

OMG, yes? The covers tell me nothing. They're so fucking *boring*. Or they're some weird arty 'graphic' thing that equally tells me nothing and seems to have nothing to do with anything.

I miss all the Michael Whelan-type covers.

A lot of my favorite authors are dead (or were already dead, heh), but a few hang on. I just got the latest in a very long C J Cherryh epic story, which is awesome. But it makes me depressed to think there will never be another Tanith Lee book, or Pratchett.....

[(Anonymous)]

Cover art really is depressing. It feels like publishers are cutting corners by relying heavily on stock photos, generic models and photoshop rather than hiring artists. Crappy cover art has always been with us, of course, but I really miss those days when you'd pick up a book just because it was so goddamn pretty you wanted to see what it was about!

[(Anonymous)]

+ one billion

... I swear, if I see another generic romance novel type template for a book cover that has f£%k all to do with the romance section of the book store, I'm going to scream so hard, they'll hear me on the moon.

[(Anonymous)]

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As a self published author, the buy a book cover websites are overwhelming and yeah, not that great, geared towards romance or twilight-esque covers and don't represent at all what I write. It is very generic.

The worst thing is I befriended a romance novelist who 'gifted' me with one of these covers and got offended when I made my own using the idea as a template to match the fact I write "Adventure" and not "romance." (Plus, scifi in a completely different CITY than on the cover she 'gave' me. Florida is NOT South Dakota.)

I mean, I don't mind a sexy guy on the cover, the protag is a sexy male werewolf. As long as it is the back of said guy, not the front. But it's an ADVENTURE novel. So, I'm sticking with my tattoo art that I can draw myself for now.

[(Anonymous)]

Selfpublished authors are what is trashing the literary scene right now. In this industry the traditional barriers actually provided some form of quality control and prevented a tide of spam overwhelming it. You vanity press "authors" are a nightmare.

[(Anonymous)]

/eyeroll

[(Anonymous)]

That bit about all one's favorite authors being dead or retired hit close to home, anon. I've been thinking about that a lot lately!

I also hear you re: book covers. It's bad in both traditional and self publishing right now. Nobody seems to want to create book covers that are small works of art in themselves. Everybody seems okay with fairly generic, unimaginative layouts and the same boring models in the same boring poses.