Comments on: The Challenge – Redefine the Regency Romance Cover #bookcovers

By: Remittance Girl

Remittance Girl — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:08:16 +0000

Wow! Thanks. They didn’t go down very well with most romance authors, though.

By: Lucie Le Blanc

Lucie Le Blanc — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:25:29 +0000

Those are books I would buy for their covers. This is how I like them to be presented. Nice job !

By: Remittance Girl

Remittance Girl — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:13:31 +0000

No, this is absolutely true. I think there are probably two reasons to break the formula of romance covers: One, because you are a very successful author who readers already know, and will buy, but you’d like a wider audience. Or two, because you’re like E.L. James. You are new, and you want to enter the market from another angle. When FSOG came out, it wasn’t the erotica world who knew about it first.

By: Sessha Batto

Sessha Batto — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:51:41 +0000

I love the idea of removing the shirtless man and his clueless prey from romance covers in general – I much prefer a book I can carry around without embarrassment. Sadly, after doing some on the ground research, sales were substantially lower for the less obvious covers (although I refuse to go with them for my own books, at least). The reason they are so prevalent is they sell themselves, and not all readers want to look beyond the obvious.