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This lovely message from a reader reminds me of something:

Sitting, waiting out here in the North Pacific rain, for QofS to fill the time while my military husband finishes his tour, please ask Bantam to hurry, I have to know if Jennet meets up with pirates and returns to Luke.

You know the paperback of Fire Along the Sky is out there, right? Well there's a sneak preview of the new novel at the end, and it pretty much resolves any worries there might be about Jennet's survival.

Not that you need to buy a copy, she said earnestly. You could read it in the bookstore, if need be.

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I have never made any secret of my interest in book design or cover art, and now here comes Bookseller Chick with two really great, in depth posts (maybe more to come?) about the way cover art actually acts on (or fails to act on) potential book buyers.

The first post deals with the topic more generally and includes examples of what works and what doesn't seem to attract browsers. She's got the cover for The Illuminator up as an example of what works. I snurched the jpg you see here from her -- apparently this is a resdesign. Let me say, this is the kind of cover I'm drawn to personally and which I find interesting in a variety of ways, so it's good to know my instincts are at least somewhat in tune. Now if the publishers would only catch on.

The second post -- you'll find the link at the bottom of the first -- deals with romance covers. A topic that is often taken up by the Smart Bitches, but which is addressed by BSC from a different angle. A really useful angle. If only the publishers would pay attention.

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