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Post by Nefret » Wed November 5th, 2014, 9:22 pm

I have not. When is that novel set?
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Post by Misfit » Thu November 6th, 2014, 12:13 am

[quote=""Nefret""]I have not. When is that novel set?[/quote]

I think Tudor era.
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Post by DianeL » Thu November 6th, 2014, 12:55 am

Geez oh Pete, it's the whole rest of that horrible red-ruff woman. Makes me long for the cropped shots!
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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Thu November 6th, 2014, 1:47 am

Actually, if they just cropped off the head and shoulders, it wouldn't be so awful. The rest of the dress isn't too far off.
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Post by Lisa » Thu November 6th, 2014, 12:39 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]
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I think I've found the white dress again, but with another head photoshopped on top. At least the sleeve isn't gaping so much on this one:

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Post by Misfit » Thu November 6th, 2014, 3:37 pm

I just found her again too.

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Post by Misfit » Fri November 7th, 2014, 4:26 pm

Not a dejavu cover, but I couldn't resist posting this somewhere. What is wrong with this cover?

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Post by Lisa » Fri November 7th, 2014, 5:00 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]Not a dejavu cover, but I couldn't resist posting this somewhere. What is wrong with this cover?[/quote]

That is very special. I've seen "The" change to "A" in a book's title on the cover before (between editions), but I have never seen the book title misspelled...
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Post by Misfit » Fri November 7th, 2014, 7:30 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]That is very special. I've seen "The" change to "A" in a book's title on the cover before (between editions), but I have never seen the book title misspelled...[/quote]

What's really sad is when it went on the freebies none of us noticed it. I only caught on when a reviewer on Amazon mentioned it. This is Diversion Books, so not a self-pub thing either.
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Post by EC2 » Fri November 7th, 2014, 7:59 pm

At first I didn't notice. I thought it was because the title might be seen to make people think it was about passing gas with inappropriate abandon, and then I thought. 'Oh yes, there's missing letter too.' :o
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