[Becks]

i think the uk cova mite have irc as the likkle pickie ('coz da book's called the crow, unless it means anotha crow but i won't kno dat, i've only read the sample chapters :) ) and 4 da aussie cova i think that there mayb a pickie of hem with irc on his shoulder,

or hem and zelika mayb?? :D

or hem and saliman ;)

theres loads of tings it cud b, ya kno!! 'coz i still havn't read the whole book ;) but then again no1 has so :p

[Bridie]

i think the object on the front of the uk covers has to be an inaniamte object so i think it might be the turbansk brooch but i might be wrong...

[Becks]

alison said it wasnt what she expected so I thought it might b one of the things that she didnt say.....

or mayb it is the brooch and shes just trying 2 confuse me....

I CANT TAKE IT ANY MORE PLEESE TELL ME!!!

[alison]

Hi Becks - I gather "Patience" isn't your middle name? ;)

I don't feel I can tell - not until it's finalised. But it will be as handsome as the other books!

[Becks]

ill try 2 b patient...

tell me alison am i anywhere near wot the cover looks like... :)

[alison]

You're not far off, Becks! But I'll keep it secret until I know for sure that's what they're doing - they might change their minds, you never know. (It's very nice orange, btw, not a glarey shade).

[Becks]

thankyou alison, now i can sit and think about stuff that isnt far off my prediction.

ill try my best to be patient i really will. but i dont think itll last.

[bai_xu]

I really don't like ANY of the book designs apart from the Uk red and blue one.
They look reallly mysterious...
I don't like to have characters on fanatsy book covers, because they don't leave much for imagination...does anyone here agree with me? :p

[Radthorne]

bai_xu -

That seems to be the consensus of opinion, judging from the responses I received in the thread over in my forum on Cover Art and Computer Graphics. I tend to agree with it too. The interesting thing is that there seems to be a strong desire, from a marketing standpoint (in the U.S. at least), to have people on covers. Presumably they must sell better, or they wouldn't do it. My publisher re-released some of their older titles, moving from an abstract image to one with people, and all of those books began selling better than with the original covers; so there must be something to it...

[bai_xu]

Yes, I suppose you've got a point there, but the thing is, with fantasy books, you've GOT to make everything look forbidding and mysterious. If you stick people on covers, it sort of reminds you of typical teen books...well, that's what I think anyway...