{"id":33659,"date":"2013-05-08T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T20:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/coverflips.html"},"modified":"2013-05-09T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T16:12:55","slug":"coverflips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/coverflips.html","title":{"rendered":"Coverflips"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a brilliant idea (and not just because +<\/span>Maureen Johnson<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is involved) — speculating how covers to books by male authors would look if the same books were (openly) written by women.<\/p>\n

If there is one plus to ebooks being less cover-obvious, it is that potentially-embarrassed men won't be as apprehensive about buying books with "girly" covers.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +The Mary Sue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday author Maureen Johnson Tweeted about how many times she\u2019s been told by men that they wish her books had \u201cnon-girly\u201d covers so they could read them without fear of embarrassment. Her books don\u2019t get \u201cgirly\u201d covers because of their content, she explains, but because of her gender: \u201cIf you are a female author, you are much more likely to get the package that suggests the book is of a lower perceived quality. Because it\u2019s \u2018girly,\u2019 which is somehow inherently different and easier on the palate. A man and a woman can write books about the same subject matter, at the same level of quality, and that woman is simple more likely to get the soft-sell cover with the warm glow and the feeling of smooth jazz blowing off of it. This idea that there are \u2018girl books\u2019 and \u2018boy books\u2019\u2026 gives credit to absolutely no one, especially not the boys who will happily read stories by women, about women. As a lover of books and someone who supports readers and writers of both sexes, I would love a world in which books are freed from some of these constraints.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus Coverflip was born. The challenge, proposed by Johnson, asks for people to take a well-known book and reimagine what the cover might look like if the author was of a different gender. A few of our favorites\u2014including A Game of Thrones by \u201cGeorgette R. Martin\u201d andStardust by \u201cNellie Gaiman\u201d\u2014are at http:\/\/bit.ly\/15q5OZ4<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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This is a brilliant idea (and not just because +Maureen Johnson\u00a0is involved) — speculating how covers to books by male authors would look if the same books were (openly) written by women. 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