[ SECRET POST #2337 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2337 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I can see both sides of the argument, but my general attitude is that books shouldn't be marketed by gender in the first place. And they CLEARLY are. Take a look at all the "girly" covers out there, and then see how many of the authors are women. The covers are designed to appeal to people by gender, and the target audience is usually based in the gender of the author, not the content of the novel. Lots of books written by men have romance (aka 'girly' stuff) in them, but they're not marketed that way. Lots of books by women have adventure and action (aka 'manly' stuff) in them, but they're not marketed that way.

The problem is with the industry. Authors rarely have control over the cover artwork on their novels, and instead the publishers create something and they pigeonhole it based on their own biases. This is one of the few moments I feel lucky to be a woman - I can read whatever the fuck I want and not have to worry about external judgment. But I'm sure that both men and women choose NOT to read things they might really love because they are worried about what others will say when seeing them with the book.

sa

[(Anonymous)]

ALTHOUGH I have to say, this might be less relevant as e-readers like Kindle get more popular. In those situations, no one knows anything about what you're reading, and I think that either less effort will be put into book covers or else fewer people will care about it.

Re: sa

[(Anonymous)]

this is something I've been considering as well.

like it or not, books are judged by their covers. it's why marketing departments choose the covers they do. the object is to get the book into the reader's hands.

once it's in their hands, the chances of them purchasing go up.

covers entice people to pick it up.

but with the introduction of the ereader, covers are now not that big of a deal as indicative of anything as to content. my nook has a nifty cover over the outside of it so no one knows what I'm reading at any given time.

so the stigma lessens.

[(Anonymous)]

relevant:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/coverflip-maureen-johnson_n_3231935.html

[(Anonymous)]

I've been away from fandomsecrets and any other journal site so long that upon seeing this, I immediately went to click "like".

But still. "Like"!

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that is kind of an amazing slideshow