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opinion: 'why "world rights, one cover" is not the best idea'
Writing in Publishing Perspectives, literary agent Ginger Clark defends territorial rights sales and different cover designs, formats and marketing approaches to suit local markets: I&rsq...
Harlequin M&B launches 'biggest-ever revamp'
Harlequin Mills & Boon has begun a complete revamp of the look of all of its covers across all its major romance series.
Bloomsbury in trouble again over 'whitewashing' cover image
Bloomsbury US is again in trouble over a cover image for a YA book that portrays a black character as white. Following muchcriticism, Bloomsbury has announced that it will re-jacket the US edition of ...
(Some of) the secrets of cover design
A great blog entry from the Penguin UK cover designers on the processes behind designing book covers.
'White priviledge and the publication of children's books'
In the wake of the controversy over the cover design for Justine Larbalestier's Liar, an interesting blog on 'white priviledge' and race in children's publishing....
'Liar' re-jacketed in US following criticism
Bloomsbury in the US has announced that its edition of Australian author Justine Larbalestier's new novel Liar (A&U), which has a black girl as its protagonist, will be re-jacketed in response to ...
Larbalestier responds to 'white washed' cover controversy
YA author Justine Larbalestier has responded to controversy surrounding the US cover of her new book, Liar, which features the face of a white girl, despite the fact Larbalestier’s protagonist i...
Are female authors being 'chick-litted' by cover design?
In this blog piece for the Guardian, Diane Shipley argues that: 'Publishers are now adding chick lit-style covers to any book written by a woman, whether it fits the genre definition or not.'
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