The Cover-Up: The Secret Message of YA Book Covers
What:
Panel
When:
2:00 PM, Friday 28 Jun 2013 EDT
(50 minutes)
Where:
Oregon Convention Center
- 256/257/258
Let’s be honest: We all judge books by their covers. And publishers know it. Which is why books get the covers they do—because publishers are judging readers by the covers they’ll buy. What does that mean for books? How and why does a book get a “boy cover” or a “girl cover”—and what’s the difference? Why is this anything we should care about...and how is it something we can fix?
