Month: Sep 2016

Round 2.1 Functionality. I said originally 0 to 3 marks but that is too many levels of distinction and I’m knocking that down to 0 to 2. Does the cover get the job done? Who wrote it? What is it called? What kind of book is it? (tricky) What else do I need to know? […]

So delving further into the question Cora Buhlert left a long and interesting comment that I thought I’d quote in full here: SFF is the last bastion of the custom illustrated cover in adult fiction. Most other genres have moved to photographic covers using stock photos. And even SFF is moving that way, partly due […]

Oh how to manage 34 books and four criteria! I’ll be doing 9 posts. Two for each criterion (one directly after the other – just for manageability) and then a final post with the totals. Feel free to argue with criteria ratings and I’ll change them because I have no backbone. Just to recap. Four […]

Here is an example. James Smythe’s book Way Down Dark and its striking cover (comes in three varieties with changes in colour scheme and type layout): Nice. I like it. It has a strong Saul Bass feel to it. Now here is a blog post at the PUBLISHER’s blog, posted by the EDITOR of the […]