First, for those of you who wanted a bare chested guy on the cover, Bob refused.
Second, we listened and did another version. So is “novella” big enough now?
Third, for those of you who said you never pay attention to covers, :p.
First, for those of you who wanted a bare chested guy on the cover, Bob refused.
Second, we listened and did another version. So is “novella” big enough now?
Third, for those of you who said you never pay attention to covers, :p.
Jennifer Crusie is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author and co-author of twenty-three novels, one book of literary criticism, miscellaneous articles, essays, novellas, and short stories, and the editor of three essay anthologies. She lives in a cottage in Pennsylvania, where she often stares at the ceiling and counts her blessings.
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31 Responses
I assume the cover image will be unique to this book? Like most people, I’ll probably first be alerted by the lower price compared to the full-length titles, and then notice ‘novella’. You seem to vary as to how you list novels & novellas on Amazon – but the title of Arresting Anna makes it clear that’s a novel, so maybe follow that format? I think people are going to notice the title as listed before any wording on the cover, especially as these books are mainly sold as ebooks.
PS. Could we have a Good Book Friday?
Pretty please!
Yes, please
everything about this cover is so GORGEOUS and unique!!!
I mostly agree with Jane. I like the cover but agree that the Amazon title is probably more important. And I also look at page counts.
I’d buy anything you publish (grocery list? laundry list? can’t say phone book page any more), so I don’t mind what the cover looks like, but of course realize that it needs to appeal to a broader audience than us who read your blog.
I think this cover is very nice and colorful and looks like fun with its Cupid, crooked frame, and many love arrows! I’d buy it based on the cover (if I hadn’t already signed up for it)!
Jenny,
but we got a bare chested guy on the cover.
Yep, he’s a bit young and you could argue that we don#t know if this cupid archer is male as there are no dangly bits (but there are no such bits on usual romance covers either) but cupid is always considered male.
I guess the Argh Fact Checking pros will correct me if I’m wrong 😉
In the interests of science… Dodo, if you enlarge that picture you will see that there most definitely are dangly bits.
Hahaha yep I thought “hmm will the zonbots flag this as erotica??”
Lol.
Thanks, Caty!
Goodness gracious!
I was going to say the same thing. LOL So there, Bob.
Looks like Carter is gotten by being smitten.
I agree with Penelope. I read anything and everything you guys write. That said, I did actually notice “novella” right away.
Jenny, As others said, we never got GBTh yesterday and you yourself added a comment to the week before’s. Strange, but I suppose you’re focused.
I think all of these clearly-emerging-from-the-frame covers are better than the early versions. Otherwise, my only specific comment is to remind you that the cover images on screen are TINY, so from the viewpoint of sales I think the cover matters vastly less than the blurb and that blurb wording and price will distinguish the novellas.
Wait, I put up last week’s GBT again??? Oh, good grief.
Looks great!
I think the cover image is funny and the ‘novella’ indicator is perfectly clear. Carry on!
I think it’s fine. Although I hope the nekkid bits don’t get it flagged for some stupid reason. Still, we finally got our bare-chested guy. Somehow this wasn’t what I was envisioning…
All I know is I will be so happy to read them!
Oh wow! Nekkid guy with wings on the cover!! FINALLY! 🙂
Plump as anything as well! But could you give a little more info on what the orange thing is behind Cupidette? Looks a little like the handle of a spoon to my uneducated eye, but….I don’t know.
Still, it’s the name “Jennifer Crusie” that pulls me in every time. 🙂
I think the orange thing is his quiver.
The little orange thing behind the quiver is an orange. The cupid is from Botticelli’s “Allegory of Spring,” which is depicted in an orange grove.
I read ebooks almost exclusively so cover art isn’t really important to me. Plus, like others, I’ll read anything you write, regardless of length. I do like the cover and I’m sure it will attract readers who are less familiar with your work.
Good job!!
Love it!! And novella does stand out much better!
If the cupid is supposed to be firing the arrows, you could make the fletching match what’s in his quiver (more rounded fletching), but zero need to do so – love this cover as is! If cupid is not firing all the arrows, ignore the comment ha
Besides the different fletching shape, it’s white, while that in the quiver is brown. Obviously somebody is shooting at Cupid and even if love is blind, you’d think that under the circumstances he’d take off the blindfold. But then, art should not mean but be.
I tend to buy anything you write both in paperback and in Kindle. Generally, I buy it in Kindle first. Novella’s are cheaper.
Love the cover. Can’t wait to read the book.
Adore the image and layout. Like that you can see it is a novella, although the price would have indicated that too. Would have preferred that the book background colour matched the others as they’re part of the same series but that’s just my personal preference so ignore me. Will be buying them and reading them as soon as they come out.