Comments on: A Different Direction http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/ SEXY, SASSY, SMART ROMANTIC FICTION Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Penney W. http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13442 Penney W. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:46:42 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13442 Love your books! Penney Love your books!
Penney

]]> By: Julia http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13115 Julia Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:35:20 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13115 I brought Cait London's "At the Edge" and haven't read it yet. But her cover are steamy :) I love Eileen Wilks cover arts too. This been an interesting topic today :) Julia-Yen I brought Cait London’s “At the Edge” and haven’t read it yet. But her cover are steamy :) I love Eileen Wilks cover arts too.

This been an interesting topic today :)

Julia-Yen

]]> By: sybil http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13097 sybil Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:52:35 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13097 LOVED that cover... the triplet thing not so much. I think she has been doing RS for a bit now hasn't she? I lurved her historicals muchly. LOVED that cover… the triplet thing not so much. I think she has been doing RS for a bit now hasn’t she? I lurved her historicals muchly.

]]> By: Lauren Daughtry http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13082 Lauren Daughtry Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:34:44 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13082 I agree that covers have more to do with marketing than story content. This has been an interesting thread-and one heard many sites over. *smile* It was actually being discussed concerning Triskelion Publishing, who sells everything from chick lit to erotica. An author I met was complaining because her chick lit book received an erotic cover. However, since most of Triskelion's clients tend toward romantica, that is how the art dept. marketed the book. Even if you disagree on principle, there is no question that a brazen cover (whether it's gruesome or erotic) catches attention. After that, most readers will probably read the summary and decide THEN whether the book fits their taste. Advertising is what it is. Warm regards, Michelle Lauren (For those of you who like steamy romance, check out "The Djinni" by Minx Malone, available from Triskelion Publishing). I agree that covers have more to do with marketing than story content. This has been an interesting thread-and one heard many sites over. *smile* It was actually being discussed concerning Triskelion Publishing, who sells everything from chick lit to erotica. An author I met was complaining because her chick lit book received an erotic cover. However, since most of Triskelion’s clients tend toward romantica, that is how the art dept. marketed the book. Even if you disagree on principle, there is no question that a brazen cover (whether it’s gruesome or erotic) catches attention. After that, most readers will probably read the summary and decide THEN whether the book fits their taste. Advertising is what it is.
Warm regards,
Michelle Lauren
(For those of you who like steamy romance, check out “The Djinni” by Minx Malone, available from Triskelion Publishing).

]]> By: Susan http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13075 Susan Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:27:21 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13075 Cait’s new cover is definitely eye catching! Cait’s new cover is definitely eye catching!

]]> By: Stacia Helpman http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13073 Stacia Helpman Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:21:58 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13073 Oooo...I definitely like the non-category covers better - they're usually so much more exciting. Oooo…I definitely like the non-category covers better - they’re usually so much more exciting.

]]> By: Estella http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13072 Estella Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:35:50 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13072 I guess covers have to move with the times, too. I guess covers have to move with the times, too.

]]> By: HelenKay http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13064 HelenKay Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:46:43 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13064 Diana - My only point was that Cait's cover was so different from anything I'd seen on any of her work in the past that I did a doubletake. It grabbed my attention. Eileen's non-category single title covers all have been pretty cutting edge and pretty consistent. Whereas this one for Cait was, in my view, a huge departure - much sexier and much more edgy. Diana - My only point was that Cait’s cover was so different from anything I’d seen on any of her work in the past that I did a doubletake. It grabbed my attention. Eileen’s non-category single title covers all have been pretty cutting edge and pretty consistent. Whereas this one for Cait was, in my view, a huge departure - much sexier and much more edgy.

]]> By: Jaynie R http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13060 Jaynie R Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:21:26 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13060 Yeah, covers are moving a long way very fast. Even some of the newer category books have more risque covers now though. Yeah, covers are moving a long way very fast. Even some of the newer category books have more risque covers now though.

]]> By: Diana http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13059 Diana Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:08:08 +0000 http://helenkaydimon.com/blog/2007/06/a-different-direction/#comment-13059 Is this surprising though, that a cowboy romance would not have the same cover as an urban fantasy? Is this surprising though, that a cowboy romance would not have the same cover as an urban fantasy?

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