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A note to book-cover publishers: before you decide on a cover, go into a bookstore and head to the respective section. See the trend of tints and shades that color that genre. then pick a different color! It is astonishing that, even in this day and age, history books about China and Russia are still primarily red, books about Ireland are green, and "women's books"(i.e. Chick Lit and Self Help) are pastel pink, blue or yellow. Honestly, even murder mystery books, when targeted towards female readers, take on pink as opposed to the red and/or black of other mysteries.
The psychology of book covers seems not to have evolved past an assumed color code. And yet, as a bookseller, I wonder why a book publisher doesn't try to break the conformity so to make the book stand out. Got a new history book about China? Try bright yellow. It's still in the warm colors but will pop! Irish books? Try a orange (tho' that might fall into a political realm of Catholic Green vs. Protestant Orange....so maybe a yellow would too work in this scenario).
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Hi! Everyone I Made A New Fanpop Club About The Series "Boys That Bite By: Mari Mancusi" And Would Totally Be Stoked If You Can Add It Here's The Fanpop Address:
(http://www.fanpop.com/spots/boys-that-bite-series)
It's An Awesome Book Series And If You Like Buffy Or Vampire Books You Would Love It, I'm Trying To Find Fans That Can Add Stuff To The Club And Help Get It Started! You Can Look Up the Series Or
Check Mari Mancusi's Myspace At: http://www.myspace.com/marimancusi
They Are Really Good Books Their My Favorite Of All Time! Here Is The Summary Of The First Book! Wrote By Mari Mancusi!
"ABOUT BOYS THAT BITE
My mom is so going to kill me if she finds out I'm turning into a vampire...
Okay, so technically she can't because I'm immortal. Well, not yet. See, due to the worst case of mistaken identity with my dark-side-loving twin sister at a Goth hangout called Club Fang, Magnus, a vampire hottie, went for my innocent neck instead of hers. Now, if I don't reverse it in time, Magnus will be my blood mate forever...
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Opinion by 
cressida
posted
10 months ago
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I explained in my previous Advance Readers' Copies article the meaning of the this phrase, but here is a quick recap: advance readers' copies are sent pre-published books by publishers in hopes that a particularly enthusiastic recipient will personally promote the work to his or her customers, and thus increase sales exponentially.
Titles mentioned in my first article included:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Half-Assed by Jeanette Fulda
- The Rhino with Glue-on Shoes by Lucy Spelman
- Cheer! by Kate Torgovnick
Here are more books that I have read in galley form (another phrase for advance reader copy) and hope that y'all will pick them up upon their publishing.
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The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
by Kevin Roose
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