anghara

alma, great topic, and also on the
forefront of my mind as they are settling
on a final cover for my debut.

within the book stores, i *absolutely*
judge a book by the cover. it has to
be different or pretty or eye-catching
in some way, or else i will not pick it up.
and i refer to books of other genres or
by unknown authors.

we were discussing this on a historical
fiction forum and the ever popular half a face
or headless historical cover. one author
said her book sales picked up four fold
when her cover was changed to the trendy
headless one. !! not only do readers judge,
but bookstores judge by what has sold previously.

it's a nutty business.

and two fantasy readers recommended
jin-shei to me from a spec fic forum. =)