Timewaster's Guide Archive
Local Authors => Dan Wells => Topic started by: Fellfrosch on October 08, 2008, 05:43:40 AM
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I haven't totally got my web space working yet, but I did just post the UK cover on facebook. I'll get it posted here soon, probably tomorrow when Sprig sees this post and tells me I'm an idiot and fixes the problem in three seconds.
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There are multiple Dan Wells on facebook. Link?
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Yeah, I don't know which one is you either on FB either....
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Um...http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=628204832&ref=profile?
Also: http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v349/165/66/628204832/n628204832_946826_2487.jpg
I have no idea if those will work.
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http://iamnotaserialkiller.com/SerialkillerUKcover.jpg
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Um. Do you like that cover Dan? I guess it's OK. Although I'm not sure if, to me, it really conveys the story behind it. Much.
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I like it more than I like anything else that I or the designers have come up with. It's a very difficult book to convey in cover art, I'm discovering.
Overall, though, I do quite like it.
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It doesn't seem like a very adult cover to me. What is your UK publisher marketing it as?
I'm trying to think of horror covers I've seen, and most of them used sans-serif fonts (in my memory). The closet thing I own to a horror book though is Card's Lost Boys, and it has a somewhat degraded-looking font.
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The UK is marketing it as pure YA. They're running press proofs on the cover soon, so I should have a more final version one of these days.
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It does look a lot like a YA cover. :) I'm looking forward to seeing how it does there, and whether the success of its marketing in the UK will affect how it's marketed in the US.
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Saw this book in the grocery store today. Seemed like a similar cover:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ET1ETnNlL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
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That looks scarier and less shiny. The text is less obviously a font.
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Interesting, thank for pointing that out. I'll send a link to my editor.
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I just LOVE it. That is the sort of thing that would have grabbed my attention. Also, if they turn it over be sure there is something mentioning that there are NO vampires in this book.
Everything YA these days seems to be all about vampires.
Seriously though Dan, you scare me, and I scare myself. Your book should not be read by someone who has any sociopathic tendencies. It really makes you question yourself.
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Any update on the cover art??
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I'm obviously way behind the times here, but I just wanted to say that I like that cover very much, actually. I think it represents the book well.