Monday, November 8, 2010

Shiny Covers!

They didn't tell me they would be shiny! I just got what they call sales proofs in the mail—these are what the sales folks take around to bookstores and say, "See, if you're going to judge a book by its cover, then THIS ONE WINS!"—and the title that was previously white text is now foil stamped and embossed! I had no idea they were going to do that until my editor told me they'd gone ahead and done it. My scan doesn't do it justice, but you'll get the idea:
As Patrick Rothfuss would say, click to embiggen

Well, my peeps at Del Rey outdid themselves with these covers. I love 'em! They are going to gleam on the shelves! Ginormous thanks to authors Ari Marmell, Kelly Meding, and Nicole Peeler for reading the book before the awesome cover existed and saying something nice about it. That truly means the most, because they didn't have to read it or say anything nice, yet they did.

Now here's a better look at the cover for book two in the series:
I really dig this one because you can see Atticus's tattoo much better; it wraps five times around his biceps and then falls down the top of his forearm, but you can't see that in the pose for Hounded. This cover has a couple more touch-ups to go before it's finalized, but it's 90% there and they needed to get a proof out for the sales team. I think it looks spectacular as is! Hope you dig 'em too.

7 comments:

  1. That second cover is even awesomer than the first one. Looks like you are in great hands! I'm looking forward to getting a copy!

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  2. A sword named the Answerer? Oh. Hell. Yeah.

    Almost, I wish you hadn't posted these, because now we have to wait. On the other hand, why not be miserably excited together, eh?

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  3. Not bad! Do you wonder who the model is for your MC? I imagine it would seem strange to me to think there is a person walking around out there who acted as a character in one of my books!

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  4. If you really want to express ginormous thanks, you can do so by publicly mentioning me and either The Conqueror's Shadow or The Warlord's Legacy at each and every opportunity you get. ;-)

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  5. Thank you Amalia and Hillary. @Ted—I didn't wonder about the model until women started asking me if I knew him and if he was single. LOL. I think it's probably got to be a little weird for him, too: "My alter ego is a Druid." Ari Marmell, author of The Conqueror's Shadow, thank you again. ;-)

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  6. So impressed to see the embossed covers! What a great added detail. And Alissa really likes the covers, too, which we both know is all that really counts :-).

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  7. Your covers are AWESOME! Can't wait to check out your work!

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