[ SECRET POST #2233 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2233 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[greysmoke]

The author normally has to at the very least approve the covers. Obviously this doesn't mean that they can't be manipulated into approving them, but technically they need to be approved. Or that's how it always was for books my family published (I am not trying to sound up myself, I actually hate them for being literary snobs).

These books look interesting, though. I must investigate.

[i_paint_the_sky]

Uh, the cover is entirely up to the publisher, unless its a big name. So while I can't imagine that they would very often go with something the author hated, they would be completely able to do so. Cover and title are 100% the publisher's call (again, except for the big names ... I know Margaret Atwood has rejected covers but she's Margaret freaking Atwood).

[greysmoke]

Maybe it depends on the publisher, then. People in my family have always picked their covers. Granted, it was mostly poetry so perhaps different rules, because it's not meant for a huge market to begin with.

[i_paint_the_sky]

Yeah, I'm sure some publishers are nicer about it but it is still ultimately their decision. Or their decision to allow it to be the author's decision.

[(Anonymous)]

Not really. It depends on the publisher and also what sort of contract the publisher has with individual authors. It's NOT common for authors to have final approval of the covers at all. Maybe if they're a huge name with lots of clout, but otherwise no.

[elialshadowpine]

Not true, unless you get very very lucky with the contract. Most publishers won't agree to that kind of terms if you aren't a big name author, anyway. Some authors have talked about getting lucky and getting editors/cover artists that really wanted to work with them, but most of the time that isn't the case. If you hang around any forum with NY published authors, you will hear the inevitable complaints about cover art.

[(Anonymous)]

It may have been different for your family's company, but this is definitely not how it works for most publishers. If they're lucky, have an astute, persuasive agent and get the right contract, an author MIGHT have some say in the cover process. But usually this means they get to SEE the cover at some point and have the opportunity to express their opinion-- which may be noted by the publisher, but the author doesn't get final approval by a long shot.

It's even worse for epubs. Look at all the horrific cover art that comes out of Ellora's Cave, frex.