Can You Judge This Book by Its Cover?

November 4, 2009

I just received a letter from Maria, who a lot of you will recognize as the "Bear Mountain Books" gal, with the following question: 

 "… I have a blog post up today to help me select my next cover.  Since you read cozies, I'm hoping you'll stop by and vote for one or the other cover!!!   Of course you are welcome to invite your blog readers to stop by and vote…"

www.BearMountainBooks.com 

Congratulations, Maria, on your new book!

I want to hurry up and post this bright and early, so that you all can go and vote. (I just voted before writing this entry, but I won't say how I voted… since it's a private ballot!)

PS>>> I hope I am not offending anyone by using the word "gal" >>> My husband cringes every time I say it, and I still don't quite get why…

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Maria BearMountainBooks November 4, 2009 at

Thanks so much for mentioning the cover contest, Danna! I'm getting great feedback and having a lot of fun–so far, there is…no clear winner!!!

:>)

Thanks, again,
Maria

Bill November 4, 2009 at

I voted – one of them I like a lot better. It's not the one with the photo.

Anne November 5, 2009 at

I voted…same as Bill…

Maria BearMountainBooks November 5, 2009 at

Hi Bill!

Thanks for voting; much appreciated. The votes are still running neck and neck (if you throw in the third cover, which I'm basically counting as a vote for Cover A with improvements.) Of course I was hoping for a clear winner, but in the end, the good news is that I did get a large showing of comments that indicated the desire for the same "enhancement." Gotta be something to that, right???

Thanks again to all of you that stopped by. I'll leave it up through the weekend to get weekend browsers and we'll see where we end up!

Maria

Dennis November 5, 2009 at

A – looks more like a cozy but the photo might catch a different audience.

Maria BearMountainBooks November 6, 2009 at

Thanks Anne and Dennis–yup, the vote is still split pretty much down the middle. I appreciate everyone stopping by–you guys have been great. We'll see how things go during the weekend!

Maria

Maria BearMountainBooks November 9, 2009 at

The winner has been posted!!! Thank you ALL very much for stopping by and weighing in. It was very hard to pick a winner since the votes were so close, but it had to be done. Again, I really appreciate everyone who took the time to stop by and big thanks to Danna for posting about it!

Maria

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