Knitting Lingerie Style Cover Choices
The decision about a cover for an STC Craft book is a team decision. I take one or several covers to a cover meeting and present them to a committee of people, including the publisher, director of sales, and CEO. Most of the time, even if I am presenting more than one option, I have a clear favorite and I try hard to sell that cover to the committee. Every once in a while, however, I have more than one favorite and I am especially curious to get feedback from the committee. That was the case with Knitting Lingerie Style. Here is the cover we used:
And here is the runner up:
While I am happy with the committee's decision, I do still really enjoy looking at the runner up. So, it's great to have this blog so I can share it with you and give it a bit more life. Thanks to Anna Christian, the graphic designer for this title, who pulled the file for this cover out of her archives.
Melanie
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Reader Comments (3)
melanie,
You are my hero!
xx,
suzan
This is fascinating to me - thank you for the chance to add my voice to the committee :) I have a powerful negative reaction to the cover that was used, and in fact, it's stopped me buying the book. I find the pose very cheesecakey, with the model's breasts in particular presented for the delectation of the viewer, which: yecch. And the model's legs feel cliff-hangingly thin to me on the actual cover, whereas, while not substantial on the runner-up cover, I somehow don't feel they present an unattainable standard of thinness that pushes my buttons. I *adore* the runner-up cover, and would have bought the book in a trice if it had been the choice of the committee. And I may still now... and just throw away the cover :)
Again, thank you for the chance to comment!
I'm so glad you're blogging! I love the books you put out. Every one of them is gorgeous - great eye candy, but also great resources too. I found your blog by way of Veronik Avery's blog :)