tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post3947333512711250378..comments2023-06-12T17:08:36.320+01:00Comments on How Publishing <i>Really</i> Works: Trios: Diary Of An On-Call Girl, by E E Bloggs: Cover StoryJane Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-69502823622789400242010-01-09T21:23:35.644+00:002010-01-09T21:23:35.644+00:00I've only just discovered this brilliant blog ...I've only just discovered this brilliant blog today and I've found this post both fascinating and uncannily relevant to my own recent posts - having been deeply involved in the decision about the cover of my latest novel, I decided to canvass the opinions of potential readers- I was 100% sure that I'd be using my own favourite, but after a huge percentage of the responses (84 people out of 150 chose what was originally my least fsvourite, and I've been won over!) take a peek at my blog - there's a link to it from my Blogger pageChristine Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503103383031049898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-9156779261379700182009-06-11T21:13:09.627+01:002009-06-11T21:13:09.627+01:00Bloggs, thanks for dropping in. I've been get...Bloggs, thanks for dropping in. I've been getting a lot of visitors from your blog in the last few days: thanks for linking through to here.<br /><br />If it's any consolation, I take women's writing VERY seriously, and am grateful to you for contributing to my blog, too. Your piece is going to appear here on Monday next week, at 10am.<br /><br />I heard two trailers for the serialisation of your book on R4 today, and another couple yesterday: I don't recall hearing so many trailers for other dramatisations, and I often listen to the station while I'm driving; is R4 promoting yours more heavily, do you think? It seems so to me.Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-15541416288120100712009-06-11T20:50:26.861+01:002009-06-11T20:50:26.861+01:00Just to join the debate, I thought it's worth ...Just to join the debate, I thought it's worth saying that the concept of the title and cover were devised between Monday Books and me as a completely mutual enterprise (the title was my idea). We pictured it as a "take-off" of Belle de Jour, thinking that the irony of title and cover would be obvious. Of course, it's hard to be ironic in picture form, and it didn't really come out exactly how we'd pictured (for which I entirely blame the fact that the final touches were chosen by a bloke). But actually it looked all right in soft form.<br /><br />Personally I think the cover/title are only half the story, and that one of the reasons it was hard to come up with those is because we didn't want to be ridiculously girly and turn off the male reader, but also didn't want to go down the blokey route of the male officers' books, because the whole point is that this one is by a woman. So we wanted it to be obviously by a woman, but still get taken seriously. Easier said than done, because women's literature tends not to be taken very seriously at all. THAT's the real frustration.PC Bloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14172532874734143663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-46020401348713648872009-06-09T11:48:37.948+01:002009-06-09T11:48:37.948+01:00Learning from mistakes is all we can do most of th...Learning from mistakes is all we can do most of the time :D.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-32011316265420801032009-06-09T10:26:10.457+01:002009-06-09T10:26:10.457+01:00Thanks for posting this up Jane - we've had a ...Thanks for posting this up Jane - we've had a few entries already.<br /><br />Buffysquirrel - "The publishers killed it; that's the surprise."<br />Yep, we hold our hands up there.<br />I suppose we could have chosen another book to write about, but I felt it would be more interesting for people to hear about one which didn't go as smoothly as it should have! If I'd read this post by someone else while we were thinking about titles and jackets for Diary of an On Call Girl, maybe we'd not have made the same mistake. (I ought to point out, though, that the title was actually suggested by PC Bloggs herself.)<br />Anyway, like most people we make mistakes - I wish we didn't, because I'd be writing this from Mustique, not Leicestershire, but there you go!<br /><br />Catdownunder - as I said in the post, that's the problem. It really is a very good read - not just our opinion, but obviously that of lots of TV types and so on agree - but the title might lead you to ignore it.<br />It's frustrating, but there's no-one to blame but ourselves.<br />The hope is that when we bring out book two, those who enjoy that will go back for the first one.News from Monday Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215614679828990250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-52644051542081989722009-06-08T22:55:20.827+01:002009-06-08T22:55:20.827+01:00I am ashamed to confess I would probably have prow...I am ashamed to confess I would probably have prowled past the title without bothering to open it and having made completely erroneous assumptions about the contents....is that the publisher or my prejudices showing?catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-16709810868743103802009-06-08T19:27:06.087+01:002009-06-08T19:27:06.087+01:00Thanks, Jane, this sounds like an interesting book...Thanks, Jane, this sounds like an interesting book! I've entered the competition too.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-69210164454188003572009-06-08T17:58:39.273+01:002009-06-08T17:58:39.273+01:00Okay, I entered...after the usual struggle with th...Okay, I entered...after the usual struggle with the mailserver.<br /><br />Methinks the internet will break long before the Singularity.<br /><br />word ver: herpling (a minor reptile))nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-58814547420090931732009-06-08T17:52:04.436+01:002009-06-08T17:52:04.436+01:00I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's a g...I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's a great book; the publishers killed it--that's the surprise.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-58797736451424800102009-06-08T17:39:57.274+01:002009-06-08T17:39:57.274+01:00Yes, but think how great it would be if you loved ...Yes, but think how great it would be if you loved the book, and wrote a positive review for it? <br /><br />If you're not convinced, it's worth taking a look at PC Blogg's blog and seeing what you think. I think she's an excellent writer, and some of the stories that she tells are astonishing.Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-71393066825742629642009-06-08T17:35:55.451+01:002009-06-08T17:35:55.451+01:00Lol, Jane, I'm in two minds about entering the...Lol, Jane, I'm in two minds about entering the competition. It would feel a tad hypocritical...but then again, free book!nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-56307251073173807672009-06-08T17:23:21.963+01:002009-06-08T17:23:21.963+01:00There was no need to remove your posts, Buffy: I t...There was no need to remove your posts, Buffy: I thought you made a valid point, and I'm sure that Dan can stand a little robust comment. Especially when it's from someone who is actually agreeing with him. <br /><br />(Does this mean you'll not be emailing him to put your name down for one of those lovely free copies?)Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-89677394534346357612009-06-08T17:12:26.654+01:002009-06-08T17:12:26.654+01:00You know what Crazy Gal? You're right! I shall...You know what Crazy Gal? You're right! I shall remove my contribution forthwith!nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-64825306694721397392009-06-08T16:44:20.132+01:002009-06-08T16:44:20.132+01:00Is it just me or has BuffySquirrel completely miss...Is it just me or has BuffySquirrel completely missed the point??!<br />The publishers are admitting they got the cover and title wrong... so your contribution is to tell them that, er, they got the cover and title wrong.<br />Sheesh. I like that insight!<br />Personally, pink's OK for me, too!Crazy Name Crazy Galnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-19686385558753349332009-06-08T15:54:42.062+01:002009-06-08T15:54:42.062+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-81174032815438120902009-06-08T15:53:47.142+01:002009-06-08T15:53:47.142+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.com