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- Jonathan Lyons
- Jonathan Lyons is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd., where represents a select list of authors of biographies, history, science, pop culture, sports, general narrative non-fiction, mysteries, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, and young adult fiction, in addition to serving as subagent in the United States for several agencies in the UK. Having previously run translation rights at McIntosh & Otis and Folio Literary Management, Jonathan currently oversees Curtis Brown’s translation rights department. Jonathan is also a licensed publishing attorney with the boutique entertainment law firm Savur & Pellecchia, a member of The Authors Guild, and a member of the Contracts Committee of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.
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8 comments:
I think I associate pink with babies or something. Pink means immature, kid-stuff. I actively avoid that color. Plus, it's really, really ugly.
While I can see someone taking offense at this, especially since the author doesn't control the marketing and/or art decisions, I think Jane S.'s basic point is that the pink cover is going to stop guys from reading it, and since that's half the population, it's a potential loss of readership for the author. I don't think she's saying it's because male readers are innately more valuable than women readers, or anything like that.
I'm a guy, and while I certainly read female authors (Smiley, in fact), I pass by the pink-and-turquoise-with-bare-feet covers with nary a glance. (Really, what's with the bare feet in the foreground with the unfocused head in the background on all those covers?)
OK, maybe not so strange dislike. My bet though is that the cover design was her publisher's choice, not hers.
Mark me down for a fan of both pink and Jennifer Weiner. I'm not ashamed.
Shoot. When I clicked to read what Alisa had to say, "this blog was not found."
I know the author seldom has any say in the cover, but I tend to avoid the pink (and turquoise) ones. To me they say "chick lit," and that's not my preference for reading.
I think it's fixed...
Having said I don't care for chick lit, and cat fight aside, I must say now that I like the cover. It would entice me to read the hook and maybe a couple pages, just to see ... now look what you've gone and done!
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