My uninformed guess would be that the main market for these
books will be people who already know about them, or perhaps
find out about them from reviews. But I know practically
nothing about book marketing or the role of cover art.
Stephen On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Ron Clinton <
clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Interesting choice of art. The older sink, house and
car -- and the P.I.
> figure with the trenchcoat and hat -- would seem to
be a bit misleading in
> the time/setting, theme and tone of the novels. I
wonder if that was
> intentional on their part -- trying to appeal to the
readership who enjoys
> retro P.I. tales -- or just a bit of (unwise, I
believe) creative license.
>
> Don't get me wrong: I'm thrilled Parker's older
novels are coming back into
> print so others can enjoy his older exploits, but I
do hope these new
> potential readers read the jacket text and not judge
a book by its
> cover...else they're in for quite a
surprise.
>
> Ron C.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto:
>
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> > Behalf Of Busted Flush Press
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:33
AM
> > To: rara-avis-l
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Richard Stark
covers
> >
> > Via my day job -- Houston's Murder By The Book
-- I've been
> corresponding with
> > Lindsay at the University of Chicago Press
about their
> forthcoming Richard
> Stark /
> > Parker reprint program. They'll be doing three
a season until they're
> all
> reprinted.
> > She sent me the early covers and allowed me to
post them online. Check
> them out
> > here:
> > THE HUNTER: http://www.murderbooks.com/images/starkhunter.pdf
> > THE MAN WITH THE GETAWAY FACE:
> > http://www.murderbooks.com/images/starkgetaway.pdf
> > THE OUTFIT: http://www.murderbooks.com/images/starkoutfit.pdf
> > These are due this fall.
> > David Thompson
> > Busted Flush Press, LLC
>
>
>
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