Because it bears repeating

[james_davis_nicoll]

Authors generally have very little control over the covers of their books.

Also, and I have to admit I've never actually heard anyone say this but the evidence appears to support this hypothesis, most publishers' art directors not only don't know any people who are visible minorities, they don't know about people who are visible minorities. This is probably because most major publishers are based in New York and if there's one thing Friends and Seinfeld taught me, New York is surprisingly monotone.

Comments

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

I receive cover art well before the ARCs come to me--my second book comes out at the end of August, but I posted the cover art in my blog earlier this month. My editor emailed a big jpeg to me.

However, I'd already seen the image on Amazon.com. They get it before I do.