Friday, February 14, 2025

A Questionable Standard

How to make an industry standard romance novel cover: 1. Get a guy and a girl. 2. Drape them in each other's arms. 3. And have them stare into each other's eyeballs. 4. At the same time. 5. Half-close their eyes, which apparently shouldn't make them look bored. 6. Make the guy shirtless (optional). 7. Uncover one of the girl's shoulders (mandatory). Variation A: Have the guy standing behind the girl, while she looks over her shoulder vaguely in his direction. Variation B: Apply the above steps, but with their heads beyond the page boundary. Theoretically their heads should still be attached, but you never know.

Working at a library, I notice certain trends.  I like to collectively call them "yes, you can judge a book by it's cover."  Judge 'em hard.  They've earned it. 

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