What Do These Four Book Covers Have In Common?
Tuesday, April 17, 2007Posted in: ellorascave, hot covers
Now I don’t particularly mind them, in fact I do like that Anchor and Storm cover, but they are kinda close to the knuckle aren’t they?
Like I said to Bam, I wouldn’t be caught dead reading these books in public, so it’s probably just as well they are in e-format, no?
As pornographic (yes they are) as some of these covers are, I bet they’re selling like hotcakes though.
If these come out in print, I suspect EC will have to change the covers altogether. No self-respecting woman is gonna read any of these books on the train, or any other public (heheh, I just accidentally wrote, ‘pubic’) venue.
Beverly Havlir
April 17
5:19 pm
Hi Karen,
Of all my covers, this is the most risqué. All the others had clothes on. LOL. But I really didn’t mind this one. I thought it was hot and sexy–though I prefer a bit more subtlety than a certain kind of in-your-face like this one. The colors are very attractive. It grew on me the longer I looked at it.
Rosie
April 17
6:02 pm
I don’t mind the covers either. Are they provocative? Sure, but they probably grab readers attention and that’s the point. This is probably even more important when trying to get the attention of an ebook shopper.
Having said that I agree that it would be difficult to be in the doctor’s office reading a book with a cover like that.
Anne
April 17
7:09 pm
I’d buy the books, but if I HAD to read them in public, I’d put one of those stretchy book cover things on there so no one could see what I was reading. Seriously. They are provocative, beyond that even. Way more than I’d feel comfortable toting around with me to the doctor or dentist… or even reading in front of my kids.
meljean brook
April 17
8:06 pm
I’m just amazed by how well they Photoshopped the guy in the back on the first two. I’d have thought the original photo was of all three of them, but now I see they added in two different guys in the background.
I don’t mind covers like this, although they are a bit risque, they do catch they eye, don’t they? I don’t think I’d read them at the in-laws, though.
Anonymous
April 17
10:33 pm
That’s what bookcovers are for. *G* If I left the house and had these books in print form, I’d make sure the cover was on them before leaving to run errands. 🙂
Mad
Mad
April 17
10:34 pm
BTW, didn’t mean to leave a comment as “anonymous” but Blogger wouldn’t let me sign in for some reason…ack!
Mad
Kate
April 17
11:48 pm
You mean, ahem, four covers? *g*
And I would need a book cover to bring those anywhere in print. But I wouldn’t buy any of them in print just in case someone looked at my bookshelf. And I have some interesting things there already, if that says anything, lol.
Way too risque. Hot, but too much.
Ann(ie)
April 18
1:35 am
I like the big breastises on the Aubrey Ross cover. I hope the heroine is a Playboy centerfold turned nuclear physicist, racing against time to save the world from the nefarious plot of Dr. Zevago
(yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose)
Desiree Erotique
April 18
2:58 am
What’s the big deal? I’d be a lot closer to embarrassed reading something like the National Enquirer out in public. Now there’s your lack of self-respect person…
Karen Scott
April 18
5:41 am
Kate, I added the fourth cover later, without amending the title, lol!
Barbara B.
April 18
10:04 am
That cover for Aubrey Ross’ book is awful. It looks as if they put breasts on the body of a man.
Heather Weems
April 18
12:35 pm
I don’t see the harm. In my doctor’s office they put out news magazines with some pretty horrific covers (war victims and starving children) and that’s ok. Then there’s the hunting rags with dead animals stuffed and mounted. Morbid. If this stuff gets nobody’s panties in a bind, why blush over a provcative romance cover?
And I can’t agree with barbara b. Just looks like an ample woman to me and that’s ok. Not all of us are rail thin.
Ann(ie)
April 18
1:17 pm
“Now there’s your lack of self-respect person…”
The National Enquirer and Weekly World News are chock full of great stories, waiting to be tapped.
“Aliens abscond with bride.” That sounds like every futuristic capture romance right there. (Note the awesome madeup words and glottal stops that indicate this is a futuristic!)
Jet Sa’vage is a fierce warlord of his clan, but he cannot save his people unless he mates with his chosen kia’asara by the first new moon of the year. Unfortunately, his kia’asara is about to marry someone else… ON ANOTHER WORLD!
“Bigfoot tracks indicate salsa lessons”
Shifter romance, this one practically writes itself.
Lone wolf Hawk Sloan never joined a pack. He doesn’t get along well with others, so he lives in the Wyoming wilds, where he can run free and howl at the moon. When Marisol Martinez moves into town, he knows from one sniff that she’s his mate. Can this surly were charm a woman who once worked on the TV show Dancing with the Stars? Add a fairy godmother who gives dance lessons and anything can happen…
So lemme get this straight… it’s okay to read books with nekkid people on it in public, but if I read either of the above named papers for fun, I lack self-respect. Hmmm…
Bonnie Dee
April 18
4:24 pm
Anchor and Storm is definitely the most risque. Why not just focus on his mouth covering her nipple? The “naughty” bit would still be covered so the censors would be happy, right?
Dionne Galace
April 18
4:36 pm
His mouth ain’t covering her nipple! That’s a pretty low nipple, if it were.
Desiree Erotique
April 19
6:04 am
Yep, ann(ie).. don’t take offense; that National Enquirer person was me some years back. I still remember (in shame) keeping up with the Alien-got-me-pregnant theme!
Invisible
April 19
7:39 am
Well?!?!
Im wondering if I would read these in front of my kids. I do not think I would. And I read plenty of erotica type material.. just not in front of anyone.
Ann(ie)
April 19
4:56 pm
I didn’t take offense, Desiree. I just meant to point out people have a reason for doing what they do, and it’s not cool to judge people based on what they read. Or don’t read.
Desiree Erotique
April 19
6:33 pm
You are absolutely right, annie; and my apology if I came across judgmental toward anyone but myself.
It’d be real nice, wouldn’t it, if we could all go out in public and not sweat about what’s on the cover of a book? If it’s ok for Mrs. Smith to stand in line at the grocery store oogling over “Alien autopsy photos!” or The Hanging of Saddam saga pics -with her kids sitting in the cart to boot- then I think a little less stress over a racy romance cover isn’t that much to ask for. I could be wrong of course.
SharpBluntBimbo
April 21
11:05 am
I will admit that I love these covers, except Velvet. They’re hot but still kinda tastefully done.
I won’t read these in public over here in my country, but if I was living in a more open-minded one, I will. So I like to read smut, so what? Everybody does.
Teddy Pig
April 21
11:27 am
Sex sells! I bought one of those.
Chantal
April 22
3:59 pm
I’d read those in public. I’m not ashamed or embarrased to.
Karen Scott
April 22
5:09 pm
Chantal, I certainly couldn’t bring myself to take those in public, it would be too much like reading a porn magazine in public.
Anonymous
May 3
10:51 pm
My answer was going to be…fake boobs?
Read them in public? Sure…with a bookcover, I do it all the time. I’m not ashamed to read what I like, but I’m not going to scar some kid for life in the pediatrician’s waiting roome either.
-dl