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What’s Your Favorite Current Harlequin Book Cover?

by VincePlato on February 2nd, 2008, 3:51pm Login or Register to post comments

What’s Your Favorite Current Harlequin Book Cover? 

 

    Has a book cover caught your eye?  Have you found one you really like? Did a particular cover make you buy the book?  Have you bought books simply because you liked the cover art?  I know I have.

  

   I have to admit that this post is an effort to force me to learn how to post a book cover. My first attempts may not work but here goes.

    Shown somewhere on this post should be the cover for:  “On the Wings of Love” by Elizabeth Lane.  This is my current favorite cover and I might buy it.

 

    However, the cover for “A Notorious Woman” by Amanda McCabe motivated me to immediately buy the book!.  So there you go. 

What do you think?
 
Thanks,

 

Vince

 

“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince

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Tough question...

Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 4:34pm by ElleJay

book coverI had a difficult time deciding and then checked on what books I had recommened to The Cover Cafe for their annual cover poll.  This one I think is the nicest.  I love the picture and the font is very appropriate.

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Favorite Book Cover

Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 7:51pm by Lynn_B

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This is my favorite cover right now. Also, my first time to post a book cover, so I hope I did it right.

I've definitely bought books because the cover caught my eye.

On the Wings of Love looks interesting.

 

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Favorite Book Cover

Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 8:24pm by TXREADER 2

Will not try to post a cover - I am not that good yet. 

I loved the cover of The December Romantic Supsense - Lazlo's Last Stand.  It was very striking - vivid blue eyes and dark hair. 

Also a book a couple of years ago by Suzanna McMinn - Deep Blue -  a man comiing up out of the water and awesome blue eyes. 

I think I am seeing a trend here. 

 

Elaine

The Book I Bought

Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 9:08pm by VincePlato

Hi Lynn:

  

Your picture worked fine.  It was also the first time I posted a picture in a blog. I do not know if I can post two pictures in the same blog so I will try again and post the cover that caused me to buy “A Notorious Woman” at once.

  

I think there are two things going on here. One picture may be so attractive that you buy the book. Another picture can capture a theme that is an "auto-buy" for you and also sell the book. That’s what this cover did. I also think it is a very attractive cover as well.

 

Now, I’ll see if I can do this again if I can only remember how I did it the first time.   

Thanks,

 

Vince

 

“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince

Great Cover -- I had to try and Post it! Thanks.

Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 9:21pm by VincePlato

 Hi TXREADER 2:

 

        I just had to try and post your picture. Did you read last week in the news that some scientists now think that all blue-eyed people have a single common ancestor?  That cover does stand out.

 

        These covers are proving to be very interesting. I would have predicted that they would all be historical or paranormals.

 

         Thanks,

 

                  Vince  

 

“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince

Book covers.  The

Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 10:40pm by Paisley

Book covers. 

The Dollmaker by Amanda Strevens  is my all time favorite cover

 

 

 

Also, I adore the covers from the Worldwide Mystery books.   Like...  but basically almost all of them are very good and uusally so much better than the original hardcover illustrations

 

 

ROGUE ANGEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREEPY COVERS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this next cover below I just find beautiful.  I want to read this one mostly because the cover is so beautiful even though the subject may not appeal to me 100% 

Basically, I think MIRA and Worldwide Mystery and maybe Rogue Angels have the most appealing covers to me. 

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Posted on February 2nd, 2008, 10:53pm by christa_r

I don't know if the cover is my #1 influence when it comes to book buying. But I know I am more attraracted to cover where it doesn't look like the cover models are posing.   

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Lynn- I like the cover for Tex Appeal too. Partly because he isn't staring right at the camera and partly because of the bare chest.

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Great covers!

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 12:08am by ChrissieSue

 I was able to post a photo on my blog, but not sure how to do it in a comment. 

Hi

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 12:23am by VincePlato

Hi ChrissieSue:

            I didn't know how to do it either. I just guessed. I'm not sure how you do a picture for your blog but this is what I did.

             I found the picture on eHarlequin.  Then I saved it to my computer, "My Pictures", changing the name to something simple like "Wings".  Then I uploaded the picture to my business website.  Then I brought that picture up on my browser while I was on the net. For example, www.vmres.com/wings.jpg .  When the picture came up I copied it with the mouse button. Then I went to this site and pasted it into the comment box just like it was copy. The picture appeared. Then I just added the copy. This was all it takes.

                I have my own business website so it is easy for me. But there are sites you can use for this purpose if you don't have your own.

               I am still just learing how to do this. All learning has been today!

              Perhaps you can make this work. I'd love to see what you think is the best cover.

                 Thanks,

                            Vince

 

    

“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince

Chrissiesue

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 10:34am by christa_r

Both KatherineT and Tammy have blogs on posting picture. Tammy did hers before the tree editor was available to us so she has more instructions in the January 13 comment. Sometimes if the cover is older it may not be available at eharlequin. you can also try author websites, book sellers, Amazon, ebay, etc... I usually get my picture from fictiondb or Shelfari. I also have an account at photobucket where I upload the covers to a file called "book covers"

Christa ~ Quiet Canadians ~ 2008 Challenge Blog
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Carol Grace Book Cover is also a Favorite

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 1:04pm by VincePlato

Hi Christa:

 

       I also favor your choice cover on the Carol Grace book. Three times over the last month I have been drawn to the art and read the summary of the book and each time I had to remind myself that I really don’t like themes where husbands and wives get back together. I like a fresh romance.  However, the cover keeps calling me back. Highly noticeable.

 

        Thanks,

 

                  Vince

“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince

Another place for older book covers...

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 9:50pm by ElleJay

is FantisticFiction.com.  I find a lot of the older Harlequin covers there.

~ ElleJay - Team member of Novel Obsession
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the pleasure is having lots to do and not doing it!

Rogue cover

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 10:18pm by debiw781

I am not a cover person per se.  Truthfully, I hardly notice unless they REALLY stand out.  The cover for ROGUE by Rachel Vincent is excellent!



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older covers

Posted on February 3rd, 2008, 10:14pm by christa_r

ElleJay

Yeah that another good one. What I usually do is a search of the authors name and then check sites one by one.

Vince- I think the naturalness of that cover caught my eye. The cover models don't even look as if they notice that they may be photographed.

Debi since I do much of my shopping online I think maybe covers come in fourth. I go through the upcoming section(here) first authors, then lines, then titles, maybe then covers and blurbs

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Hi Vince,

Posted on February 4th, 2008, 12:42am by ChrissieSue

It's easy to post a photo on a Blog Entry as there is an Image, Choose File section. I picked up a photo from my computer with that. But that feature isn't available for Book Reviews or blog comments. I'll try and see what I can figure out. I tried the insert/edit image icon at the bottom of the comments box, guess I didn't do it right. I can't get emotocons or formatting to work either. I think I stepped back in time. Maybe it's a Mac thing. 

Another Great Cover

Posted on February 7th, 2008, 10:53am by VincePlato

Here is another great cover that I just discovered.  

*                               The Vow

*                               by Rebecca Winters

*                               Harlequin Everlasting Love  I

 

 

  I just love the ability to post pictures. It is worth learning how to do.

Thanks,

Vince

“Romances are the emotional vitamins of the soul.” Vince

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