#PennedPossibilities 934 — Do you have a book cover for your WIP?
No.
I'm 100% trad published and cover design/art is the publisher's job. That would currently be Tor in the USA and Orbit in the UK. (They sometimes remember to ask me if I like it before it's frozen …!)
@cstross have there been any covers you actively hated, or loved. My favourite is probably the original Rule 34 and halting state
@dammitjanet Yes! I absolutely hated the original version of the US cover for "Halting State" and managed to get it changed. Then Ace horked up an EVEN WORSE cover for "Saturn's Children" the following year and wouldn't budge on it, hence:
@[email protected] @[email protected] oh my word.
The first time I ever met a published author in person ('98, I think? Hi @[email protected] !) I remember being completely gobsmacked when she showed the US version of her first book cover, where the heroine had mysteriously became a red headed model on a background that resembled nothing within the story at all.
It wasn't quite this bad.
@cstross Lordy! There'sa marked difference lol
@dammitjanet Yeah. I don't *love* the Orbit cover, but it's not as uniquely terrible as the Ace one!
