Book jackets

[olmue]

Dear Random House cover designers,

PLEASE put flap copy on your books! Every children's book I've picked up by you has a) no dust jacket, b) no summary on the back, and c) if anything on the back, just a blurb. This is ANNOYING. The children for whom the books are meant often do not know who the blurbers are. And if the prospective readers don't know even the genre of the book, it's awfully hard to interest them enough to pick it up. Every single book we've encountered like this, my kids have put back on the shelf. It could be the most amazing book EVER, but if I can't tell what it's about, I won't pick it.

Sincerely,
Someone Who Might Buy Some of Your Books If Only She Could Figure Out What They Were About

Comments

[juliakarr.livejournal.com]

Wow! I will have to check that out. I had no idea...

[megancrewe.livejournal.com]

It annoys me so much when a book doesn't have a summary! Especially if instead it has a short excerpt--ack, spoilers! :P

'Cause, yeah, how are you supposed to know if you're interested if you have no idea what the story's about?

[beckylevine.livejournal.com]

So funny--I can barely get my son to READ the jacket cover. But it is the only way for him to decide if he wants to read something. Well, other than if there's a dragon on the cover. :)

[shaelise.livejournal.com]

It's not just the kids . . . I really dislike picking up a book and not being able to find a blurb about the book. I don't want to only read someone's two sentence review either...I want to know what the book is about. Maybe you can change the world and get this taken care of for us. :)