tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post1522138480207016400..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: To Anyone Who Has Ever Blogged About YA Cover DesignCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-59811743884706947082012-11-19T20:05:04.693-05:002012-11-19T20:05:04.693-05:00LOVE this! Thanks for sharing about it, Cheryl! ...LOVE this! Thanks for sharing about it, Cheryl! (And I like the idea of requesting my local library get it, too!)<br />Namaste,<br />LeeLee Wind, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06314692778355984313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-47800874323729901962012-11-14T13:33:10.040-05:002012-11-14T13:33:10.040-05:00I hear and obey. Thanks for pointing out a winner....I hear and obey. Thanks for pointing out a winner.Kaethehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138988651491869091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-704269093827304072012-11-11T14:28:45.346-05:002012-11-11T14:28:45.346-05:00Hooray! I'm a youth services librarian who cam...Hooray! I'm a youth services librarian who came to the field in a roundabout way, so I often feel as if I've missed some things that everybody else knows. I noticed the trends in cover art when shelving new books. In my mind, the were "one white chick" books. I put the ones that portrayed male characters, people of cover, or no people at all. It was only later that I found discussions like this one. 1) Thanks for validating my observations and 2) thanks for sharing this (I put it face-out on the YA display and it left the building within 4 hours!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-40355475765675571182012-11-03T11:20:46.435-04:002012-11-03T11:20:46.435-04:00This looks like a great read. And you're right...This looks like a great read. And you're right - money talks in a language that businesses understand very well. If we want diversity in cover design, we should buy books that employ it.Ishta Mercuriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776946702988283453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-50175085720141698162012-10-31T20:47:13.113-04:002012-10-31T20:47:13.113-04:00Yes, I guess all of us (readers, writers, publishe...Yes, I guess all of us (readers, writers, publishers) need to put our money where our mouths are. I have bought Sarwat Chadda's The Savage Fortress (Kindle edition - no space for paper) and am requesting that my local library purchase The Savage Fortress and Amber House. Menahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147525878048052671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-40153295126758666522012-10-30T14:22:37.682-04:002012-10-30T14:22:37.682-04:00Very awesome cover; however, I don't like any ...Very awesome cover; however, I don't like any face on the cover. I prefer to imagine the characters my own way and I find it sad that anyone would or would not reach for a book simply because of the race of the person on the front.sbjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986950185596914217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-37397280262044379642012-10-26T03:48:33.881-04:002012-10-26T03:48:33.881-04:00I was only reading Sharon Flake's article &quo...I was only reading Sharon Flake's article "There Need to Be More Nonwhite Protagonists" last week! You can find it here: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/28/the-power-of-young-adult-fiction/more-nonwhite-characters-are-needed . "Pinned" looks awesome. I can't wait to read it.Hollyhttp://www.visibilityfiction.comnoreply@blogger.com