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Sven Viking
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:45 pm
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silver_deeds wrote: | The appeal changes |
Yes, and the general reaction would seem to prove this.
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The_Q
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:59 pm
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wandering-dreamer wrote: |
Youkai Warrior wrote: |
I don't read Spice & Wolf, but I agree, the cover for the 2nd volume is much better than the first. However, I don't know why retailers are complaining about the original cover of the light novels. I see that as disrepesct to the author. "Oh I'm sorry, we can't use your original cover because it's too manga-ish. We want something more realistic and western." Well, at least they're going to add the original covers. I'm glad people spoke out. |
I follow a number of blogs by people in the YA publishing industry (authors, agents, ect) and it seems that novels with illustration covers don't sell as well, hence why most US YA novels go for photos. I don't know if still holds water but that seems a likely reason for the cover changes. |
It does.
Light Novels with a anime inspired cover never sells here. Ebery single novel that has had said cover type in the past has failed. Shana, Zaregoto, Seven Seas entire line, ever one of them has died.
In fact, for those who paid attention during Yen's original announcement of the cover change, bookstores don't even stock novels that have such covers.
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lkmjr
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:41 pm
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Thank goodness. The cover on volume 1 is horrible. I had to make a makeshift cover out of notebook paper so I could take it into school.
So, why was the first cover so distasteful? What sort of "wider demographic" were they aiming for with that? I don't think most fantasy bookworms would look at that and think "hmm, seems like and interesting, thought-provoking read."
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Dark Absol
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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:57 pm
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Original cover for 2nd Volume and "new" cover as dust-jacket, this I approve.
I would buy this, only if Yen Press would do re-print for the 1st Volume because I can't bring myself to buy it (looks at the horrible art, ugghh!).
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Sven Viking
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:50 am
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Dark Absol wrote: | I would buy this, only if Yen Press would do re-print for the 1st Volume because I can't bring myself to buy it (looks at the horrible art, ugghh!). |
Dark Absol: From the article:
Quote: | after an outpouring of reader feedback, the publisher decided to also offer the dust jacket to online retailers, who would then sell the first novel volume with the jacket at no additional charge. |
I ordered from Rightstuf after seeing that yesterday, and they said (in reply to my order comment) that they "have plenty of the limited edition dust jackets available". $6.99.
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Dark Absol
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:36 am
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Sven Viking wrote: |
Dark Absol: From the article:
Quote: | after an outpouring of reader feedback, the publisher decided to also offer the dust jacket to online retailers, who would then sell the first novel volume with the jacket at no additional charge. |
I ordered from Rightstuf after seeing that yesterday, and they said (in reply to my order comment) that they "have plenty of the limited edition dust jackets available". $6.99. |
I meant to have the cover as original (the same one as the japanese ones), not the dust-jacket.
Even if the buyers got the dust jacket, it still won't please them for the fact that the cover has the "new" art on the first volume.
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Sven Viking
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:15 pm
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I'm OK with it, myself. I mean, the dust cover covers the cover. I've never even seen beneath the dust jacket of half my books.
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