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- Vanessa
- Bibliomaniac
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- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
I enjoy this thread! It's fascinating.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
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- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: The Chalet by Catherine Cooper
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime
- Location: Essex/London
Yes it's a great thread. That guy lying on the bed looks like he should be on the cover of one of those "mummy porn" books so popular now. And I've seen that big white house with the red door several times, it pops up quite often in films and TV shows too.
Currently reading: The Chalet by Catherine Cooper
[quote=""Lady of Bennachie""]Wow! Some of these images really do get around, don't they?
I wonder why they felt the need to badly photoshop the lady's hair on the Seize the Dawn cover?[/quote]
Isn't it something? I've heard elsewhere that original cover art is very expensive, and there's just so much stock artwork to be had, thus all this photoshopping.
It is fun to spot them, and I do hope authors know this is all in good fun and not directed towards them and/or their books.
I wonder why they felt the need to badly photoshop the lady's hair on the Seize the Dawn cover?[/quote]
Isn't it something? I've heard elsewhere that original cover art is very expensive, and there's just so much stock artwork to be had, thus all this photoshopping.
It is fun to spot them, and I do hope authors know this is all in good fun and not directed towards them and/or their books.
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...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Now you're making me nervous. For the cover of my upcoming release, I used Titian's rather well-known painting 'Man With a Glove" superimposed over the less well-known "A Court in the Alhambra During the Time of the Moors" by Edwin Lord Weeks (both public domain, with a zillion photos all over the web, so nobody will squawk "Copyright infringement!"
Are there any other 'man with a glove' covers out there?
Are there any other 'man with a glove' covers out there?
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[quote=""MLE""]Now you're making me nervous. For the cover of my upcoming release, I used Titian's rather well-known painting 'Man With a Glove" superimposed over the less well-known "A Court in the Alhambra During the Time of the Moors" by Edwin Lord Weeks (both public domain, with a zillion photos all over the web, so nobody will squawk "Copyright infringement!"
Are there any other 'man with a glove' covers out there?[/quote]

Are there any other 'man with a glove' covers out there?[/quote]
"So many books, so little time."
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3562
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
- DianeL
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MLE I think your added elements making it unique keep it interesting; it's a nice cover!
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3562
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
[quote=""DianeL""]MLE I think your added elements making it unique keep it interesting; it's a nice cover![/quote]
Thanks, Diane!
My favorite part is the very worried expression on that horse -- I should give credit to Teodor Gericault, although in his case I nabbed less than 10% of his public-domain painting.
Thanks, Diane!
My favorite part is the very worried expression on that horse -- I should give credit to Teodor Gericault, although in his case I nabbed less than 10% of his public-domain painting.