Witches, Weres, and Vamps, Oh MY! discussion

What kind of covers attract your eye? Any favorites out there?

I think that I like the simpler ones, but not always. So I don;t know if I have a favourite kind of cover, and I try as hard as I can not to judge by the cover.

Here are some covers that I really liked:
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Out of the group you posted Heather I think this one: stands out the most to me. It could be that it's the brightes of the bunch too. All of those are great covers!

One of the covers that constantly grabs my eye on my bookshelves is

I think that that one stands out the most too, there are a lot of other book covers I like, but I thought that thouse were enough.

And I like the one that you posted too, I like the green in it a lot.

, I like this cover. One day I'm going to actually read the book!

ahaha :P

Here are some covers that I like from my own books

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Here are some covers from books I would like to buy this year
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My favourite out of thouse is

Here are books I've read:

I really like all the covers of Julie Kenner's Demon books. But California Demon is my favorite.

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Those are just some that I really like. I like the covers that are more realistic. Not ones that look like cartoons.

I like realistic covers as well Steph - but the ones that draw my eye the fastest are the ones with a little bit of a creep factor. If the book needs more than a glance to understand what the image is I usually end up liking it.

This is one I like that I haven't (yet) read and caused a giant ruckus.
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Shanon wrote: "I like realistic covers as well Steph - but the ones that draw my eye the fastest are the ones with a little bit of a creep factor. If the book needs more than a glance to understand what the imag..."

I know what you mean about the creepy thing, it kind of makes it more interesting.

Julia wrote: "This is one I like that I haven't (yet) read and caused a giant ruckus.
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I was just reading about that one actually Julia. Wasn't the first cover a white girl and after pressure from the author the publishing company changed it. Good for the author pushing for what she wanted!

I was just reading about that one actually Julia. Wasn't the first cover a white girl and after pressure from the author the publishing company changed it. Good for the author pushing for what she wanted!

Apparently it's a huge thing in the publishing industry. The industry doesn't want to put African Americans on the covers of books. They think white folks and other folks won't buy books with black folks on the covers. Even though this book is a first person narrative about an African American girl -- who is a an unreliable narrator. So the author thought it made it seem like she was also lying about being black. She was p^ssed, at the first cover and her publisher and she made it very public.

That is so stupid and racist, why wouldn't people buy the books?

I think people would (and are), but the publishers are jerks.

I've read and loved her Magic or Reason series, it makes me want to read all her books. (Magic or Reason is the 3-in-1 with a boring cover from SFBC. I love that SFBC does this, but their covers are so drab.)

Tell me about it!

And I like that third cover you have there.

This isn't a paranormal cover, but it is absolutely gorgeous. The book is by Helen Rappaport.