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mombo9
Member since Jul-6-10
1 posts		 Jul-06-10, 10:21 AM (CST)
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   does anyone else feel the books with the groping couple are a turnoff? i just finished It Had To Be You..loved it...but i had an old copy which had title, SEP name and a gold cupid, and a critic by Jayne Ann Krentz...........i saw an updated cover and i would have passed it by because it looked cheap, i wouldn't have bothered looking for the authors name. a pair of boobs and a lace bra was not a class look..women writers deserve better covers

mombo9


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
  RE: book covers SEP Jul-06-10 1
     RE: book covers krg Jul-06-10 2
     RE: book covers ShirleyTemple Jul-06-10 5
  RE: book covers krg Jul-06-10 3
  RE: book covers enorden07 Jul-06-10 4
  RE: book covers danfan Jul-17-10 6

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SEP
Member since Apr-22-04
7007 posts		 Jul-06-10, 12:21 PM (CST)
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1. "RE: book covers"
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   Readers really haven't liked that cover. I have to take the blame because I okayed it. I just thought it said so much about Phoebe, a woman defined by her breasts. I'm thinking the symbolism didn't work as well for others as it did for me!


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krg
Member since Aug-15-06
2852 posts		 Jul-06-10, 01:45 PM (CST)
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   it worked for me, but I can see why it might not have for others.

karen
near chicago


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ShirleyTemple
Member since Dec-14-09
495 posts		 Jul-06-10, 05:14 PM (CST)
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is that the one where there is a necklace between her "girls"?

I liked that one better than the one with poodle and a boot.

But I adored the cover for NBC, red one with girl in a blue dress.

Iva, Zagreb

The anatomy of kisses and a teacher who tries.


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krg
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2852 posts		 Jul-06-10, 01:46 PM (CST)
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   ouch

karen
near chicago


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enorden07
Member since Jun-25-10
143 posts		 Jul-06-10, 02:01 PM (CST)
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   When I bought that book, the only one they had in stock was the 15 or so dollar one with the dog and her boots on it (which is ADORABLE if I do say so myself). However, everytime I go get a new book, I see the other version and I must admit that if I had decided to get that one, I would have been embarrassed to buy it because of the cover. I saw the symbolism and it made me laugh because I knew what everyone thought Phoebe was all about, but I agree that it would have made me wary to buy it....until I found out how great SEP's books were...then I would have bought it anyways

Emily
(From Wichita)


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danfan
Member since Mar-11-10
23 posts		 Jul-17-10, 04:37 PM (CST)
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   I have the copy of "It Had to be You" featuring the breasts in the lacy bra and while I understand why that cover was chosen, I was embarrassed to be seen buying it (and I'm glad the cashier was female at least!). It's not a book I read in public because I don't want people getting the wrong idea.

I agree--the genre as a whole deserves more dignified covers. I've never understood why so many feature headless models.

danfan


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