The photos are by Martin Scott-Jupp (and this is no criticism of his work, which I really like). And here she is again!
Thursday, 5 November 2009
This Damned Necklace Won't Stay On
When one arm of a publishing concern hasn't been paying close enough attention to another...
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This is bad. They couldn't find another woman, with another necklace? Hellooo... IStockPhoto.com anyone?
I guess publishers are saving money by not buying exclusive rights. The second Penguin is a different shot. But the third one (Random House) looks like the same shot with colors changed and a pattern applied to the blouse.
the pattern isn't very well applied either. On the left it spills over slightly. (Why it needed a pattern I don't know?)
One was published in the UK, the other in Australia. It's not about being lazy or saving money, it's about finding the right image. The designers don't have time to trawl through all the books that are published either by their own publishing house or others. They are often working on anything up to 20 books each at a time and use the most appropriate images they can find in a specified time frame and to a specified budget. The decisions are often outside their hands as committees ultimately make the final decision about the images used on a cover.
Do you work for Penguin? I know what you're talking about--it's just that two in-print books in the one series having effectively the same cover seems a bit feeble for such a high-level imprint.
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