Comments on: Covers

By: What will yours look like? | CMIS Evaluation Fiction Focus

What will yours look like? | CMIS Evaluation Fiction Focus — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:42:29 +0000

[...] recent discussions about differences between Australian and US book covers and Justine Larbalestier’s ‘Ain’t That a Shame’ post [...]

By: Rhondda

Rhondda — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:35:26 +0000

I often wonder at the change. At face value there often does not seem to be a good for the changes. Another example was Alison Goodman’s latest YA book. In Australia it was published as The Two Pearls of Wisdom. In the US/UK the title became Eon: Dragoneye Reborn and Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye respectively. These anomalies are often great for getting student discussion started in classes

By: judij

judij — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:41:56 +0000

The Australian cover seems to link two prosaic images of suburbia, the dog and the TV, in a surreal way, while the colour is anything but suburban – it evokes the Australian outback. The diver on the US cover is not suburban in any way but is juxtaposed against the suburban landscape. All food for thought. Thanks for your thoughts, Cathy.

By: catherina

catherina — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:57:58 +0000

Personally, I much prefer the Australian/British cover. It epitomises “outer suburbia” and evokes nostalgia, warmth and space for the imagination to take root. The American cover creates the impression that “outer suburbia” is somewhere on another planet and is rather soul-less. I wonder what others feel/think?