I got the heads up from Bookburger that the recently released Anatomy of a Boyfriend
Over at PublishersWeekly.com, comments on the December 21, 2006, article about the book range from glowing (e.g., “Not only is this cover striking, it makes you want to learn what this story is all about. I bet this book flies off library and book store shelves on the merit of the cover design alone,” from “Jill B.”) to scathing (“The cover is beyond absurd, it’s downright stupid and dangerous,” from “Steven Richards.”).
Personally, I think it’s brilliant, and it’s one of those things I wish I’d thought of myself. However, I can definitely see how this particular cover probably won’t make parents everywhere want to run right out and buy copies for their teenage daughters. All the more reason to find it brilliant — the teenage daughters will be buying it for themselves and whispering about it, and what better way to sell a YA novel?
What do you think?
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Ha, I don’t know what I think about it. As a writer and generally creative person, I don’t think the cover itself is all that spectacular, but I do think it would make me want to read the book. Would my mother have purchased it for me? Probably. Would I purchase it for my future daughter? Eek, I don’t know! Haha.
P.S. Love the knew look!
Call me nuts, but I really don’t see why it’s so shocking. If it were a real man, maybe, but it’s a Ken doll. My vote’s on “clever.”
I think it’s a good cover. I wouldn’t have a problem with kids seeing a cover that has a doll with its genitals covered on it.
The ad I find ugly is the fashion ad out this month where the male model shows off a hard-on through his white briefs looking at female models in mini-dresses. That makes me NOT want to buy that brand.
M, that’s kind of what I was thinking. I mean, it’s not like there’s anything under the title. It’s a DOLL. It looks the same on the male doll and the female doll.
Devon, eww. :/
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