BTW, I recently acquired said first four books (thanks to a lucky break on ebay). Haven't read 'em yet, though, but I know what you mean about the cover - if I didn't already know your work, I doubt I would have picked it up. But I readily admit to being a cover art snob. :)
The point is that almost all of us are cover snobs. While we might fundamentally be certain that the quality of the book and the quality of the cover are not related, it's the cover that usually draws our eye first.
From the bookstore perspective, covers do matter; it's why I had an automatic numeric reaction to the cover. The cover's part of what we buy on. It's all of the book (usually) we'll see before we make our initial order. We have upped orders in the past based on ARCs, but those usually arrive a bit later.
So... in my case, I think my automatic reaction had some merit -- but as it wasn't going to be used to change anything, there wasn't much point in having a great, hairy fit.
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Date: 2004-10-19 06:55 am (UTC)The point is that almost all of us are cover snobs. While we might fundamentally be certain that the quality of the book and the quality of the cover are not related, it's the cover that usually draws our eye first.
From the bookstore perspective, covers do matter; it's why I had an automatic numeric reaction to the cover. The cover's part of what we buy on. It's all of the book (usually) we'll see before we make our initial order. We have upped orders in the past based on ARCs, but those usually arrive a bit later.
So... in my case, I think my automatic reaction had some merit -- but as it wasn't going to be used to change anything, there wasn't much point in having a great, hairy fit.