tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post3715078278205202178..comments2023-08-03T03:06:27.575+12:00Comments on Courtney Schafer: The German edition of The Tainted City (Stadt der Magier) has a cover & release date!Courtney Schaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-9585855111487194862013-11-16T14:59:08.327+13:002013-11-16T14:59:08.327+13:00I know what you mean. One of the reasons I always...I know what you mean. One of the reasons I always loved Michael Whelan covers was because Whelan made so much effort to get every little detail in the art exactly like it was in the book. As an engineer, I can't help but love accuracy! But if the art's dead accurate but doesn't convince readers to pick the book up off the shelf, well, then it's a failure as a cover. (Interestingly, I've heard that readers in US markets are far more concerned with accuracy in cover art than readers in foreign markets. Don't know if that's actually true, but it's interesting to speculate on cultural reasons why it might be...)Courtney Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-83147098630418843012013-11-16T14:45:35.074+13:002013-11-16T14:45:35.074+13:00Yeah, I've been delighted with what Bastei Lüb...Yeah, I've been delighted with what Bastei Lübbe has done with the books! I feel very lucky because I've heard from other authors that covers for translated novels can be a bit of a crapshoot - sometimes foreign publishers don't want to spend much $$ on new art - but BL did a wonderful job. Courtney Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-30370553737053672762013-11-16T12:30:40.668+13:002013-11-16T12:30:40.668+13:00But the thing about covers is, they're not mea...But the thing about covers is, they're not meant to be exact depictions of the world within the book.<br /><br />I do feel conflicted about that, should art be representational, or not. As long as it sells the book, though...Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-2757668811042669702013-11-16T11:57:18.844+13:002013-11-16T11:57:18.844+13:00That's some beautiful cover art! German reader...That's some beautiful cover art! German readers are pretty lucky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com