Crown of Stars Book #7 Book Cover

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This is part of the US covers though, I much prefer the UK covers thus far but it's still nice to see the book one step closer to publication as it were...:)
 
Orbit UK are releasing the book in March, same time as Erikson's book so looks like a good month for reading.....:)
 
nixie said:
Better get my skates on and finish the first six
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I wouldn't rush, in fact when one is reading a great series like this one I tend to stretch things out a bit more in order to savour the experience becasue you know it 'aint gonna last....:(
 
True but I should be getting Bakker's book in the next couple of weeks...and I don't want to take a break from Crown of Stars...but I'll not be able to keep my hands of Thousand Fold Thought
 
I actually like the US covers. But then, I've been a fan of the artist, Jody Lee, for some time.

(And that British cover, though attractive, looks like it could just as easily be the cover for nine out of ten fantasies, by nine out of ten other authors.)
 
Question, as I'm ignorant on this part of publishing: Why do they bother to have different covers for editions in different nations? Seems like it would be more economical to go with one.

Like I said, I'm ignorant, so forgive the ignorant question.:)
 
Well, it's not the same publisher, for one thing, lma. Two different publishers, two different deals, and it's the publishing house that hires and pays the cover artist -- whether they used the same art or not, they would each have to pay the artist a separate fee. So it's not more economical. Then, of course, they each have their own ideas about what kind of art they want, and since they're paying full price anyway ...
 
Thanks, Kelpie. :) I had wondered if perhaps that was it - two publishers, plus each having to pay even if they used the same art. But then I thought that might be too simple and straightforward.:p

Oh, and I like the American version of this book's cover better, but I prefer the color scheme of the British version. Go figure.:D
 
Oh, and I like the American version of this book's cover better, but I prefer the color scheme of the British version. Go figure.:D
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I tend to agree, but the colors really do it for me.

I'm wondering if the artists are able to read the books before they draw them so they can get a better feel on what to draw.
 
Sometimes they do, sometimes they either don't have the opportunity or don't care to use it. Also, sometimes they receive very specific instructions from the editor and the art director (the first of which has definitely read the book but may have other goals in mind than an accurate and representative scene from the book).

I'm thinking that Jody Lee is one of those artists who does read the book, or if she's too busy to do that these days (she's very much in demand) I'm betting that in this case she is in direct communication with the author.

They've known each other for a long time, since Jody Lee was an aspiring cover artist and Alis Rasmussen an aspiring writer, and I've been told that they used to fantasize about the day when they would both be established and Jody would do a cover for one of Alis's books. Many books and many covers and many publishers later (and one name change for Alis), it finally happened. I remember Alis showing me the cover art for King's Dragon many months before the book was released and she was very excited and happy about how it turned out.

But since all our Brits and Aussies seem to like the UK covers better, it looks like the art department over there gauged the tastes of their perspective readers very well indeed.
 
Well... I remember reading an article about the artwork done on The Golden Key. The artist apparently submitted himself as the artist featured on the front cover. I had the impression that he read the book and did a wonderful job depicting what the book was about in the illustrations on the front and back of the book. Now the art work done on that book, in my opinion... excellent.

I don't know why I don't care for the US covers as much. I know Kate has said several times on her forum that she loves them and I respect that. I have a set of both book covers though. Although, my UK collection is incomplete.

Btw, I just ordered the 7th book from Barnes and Noble. Im so excited. :D
 
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