{"id":198,"date":"2009-03-11T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2009-03-11T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T16:50:00","slug":"judging-books-by-their-covers-and-lost-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/judging-books-by-their-covers-and-lost-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging books by their covers…. and lost sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a topic that comes up regularly, and now unfortunately, it seems to be affecting me, so I'd like to get some opinions, please.<\/p>\n

I recently got a email from a popular m\/m reviewer telling me she's gotten comments and emails about MY cover! She pointed out that readers of m\/m said they had actually passed over my book thinking it was menage and that I am definitely losing sales<\/strong>. Several reviews have actually added "disclaimers" to the effect that despite the woman on the cover, the book is pure m\/m and m\/m readers can safely read it.  But a lot of people pass up even reading the review if the cover warns them away.<\/p>\n

I'm a brand new author, so 99.9% of readers never heard of me or know that I only write m\/m. <\/p>\n

I'm considering whether I should ask for a new cover and I'd appreciate some feedback via a poll and comments. Feel free to comment anonymously if you'd like. Thanks.<\/p>\n

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