Monday, May 02, 2005

You Can Definitely Judge a Book

And Speaking of Covers…

I have been very impressed with recent NAL covers, both for our own clients, and also for other authors. For instance, check out the beautiful Amanda McCabe cover for LADY MIDNIGHT:

Not the best resolution, but I love this cover!

Or that of Cheryl Sawyer’s SIREN (repped by my agent buddy Kristin Nelson)

This is one of the most beautiful covers I've seen in a while.


I also particularly like these two right here—so much so, that I’m tempted to purchase the book, aren’t you? In fact, I'm sure that I will!



A gorgeous NAL cover that makes me want to buy this book!


Another lovely cover from NAL

In general, I feel that hats should go off to the Penguin Putnam art department, who for some time have been coming up with terrific covers for a number of our clients. Next, I will share some of the Berkley covers they’ve done for us that I think are beautiful. But these few covers are real evidence--at least I think--that I will most likely love my cover for PARALLEL ATTRACTION! If I had a better mastery of posting pics, I'd have a lot more to share. If you want to see more covers and books published by NAL, go to:
http://www.nalauthors.com
More soon!

3 comments:

Ellen said...

I agree-- I loved Lydia's cover, and it really stood out at my local Wal-Mart because it was so different from most romance covers. And the Viehl cover keeps calling my name every time I see it. NAL is turning out some really great (and unusual) covers!

Deidre Knight said...

Ellen,
Since posting this last night I've ordered both Lynn's and Lydia's books. The allure of a GREAT cover is quite powerful. It's one reason agents work so closely with the publisher to be sure that a great cover results.

Lydia's next cover (on her site, I noticed last night) is perhaps even lovelier. Good packaging!
D

Ellen said...

Lydia's book is as good as the cover. You'll love it.