http://easol.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] easol.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] lkh_lashouts2008-01-12 09:38 pm

Well thank God!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Lf7DmvWZL._SS500_.jpg

Finally, a cover that doesn't look like porn. Too bad about the contents -- I think they cannot be salvaged.

But I can't help but wonder if the publishers are tightening the reins a little, wanting it to look more crimey and less like naked women's tinted body parts. Given LKH's deserved reputation, I wonder if they are trying to rope in a different audience than teenagers and embittered divorcees, or just maintain their dignity.

(Although I gotta say, I would HATE that cover on any normal book -- so grimy)

[identity profile] mystickiwi.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember, back in the day when the books were still readable and entertaining I would get so much crap for reading porn based solely off the books covers. I wish they'd started with this theme and progressed to the tinted body parts