A letter in yesterday's Daily Telegraph* referred to the cover of the paperback edition of Harlan Coben's Stay Close, saying it had 'absolutely no connection with the story'. Coincidentally, I had earlier that morning, reviewed G J Moffat's Blindside on Goodreads, beginning with the question 'What the hell does the cover (plane crashed into a loch) have to do with the story?'
Such carelessness is not universal: in December 2011, the Daily Telegraph interviewed Suzanne Dean, who explained in some detail how the cover of Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending came about, and many, many books have what are obviously well-thought out covers. Additionally, I remain fascinated by the ability of publishers to correctly lure me to he type of books I like.
So why do some so totally disregard content? Fail, at times to even bother with a photograph of the relevant location? It's not rocket science and any book that has made it thus far deserves better; any reader not to have his intelligence insulted.
Harlan Coben is published by Orion, G J Moffat by Headline, a division of Hachette - neither of them unknown.
*from Keith Edwards, of Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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