Comments on: Tiny change + Japanese covers

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:18:26 +0000

I’m here because I like your blog. I’ve read some of Scott’s books but none of yours YET. As soon as I return to a library I will be sure to look for some of yours. You’re a good writer on this blog and I love reading is. Can’t wait to read your books.

By: Liann

Liann — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:11:21 +0000

In case you’re interested, rough translations for the Japanese titles are as follows:

Magic or Madness–> Myself and the Witch’s Door

Magic Lessons–> The Light that Captured Me

The German titles are probably much closer to the originals (I can see ‘Magische’ on all three covers) but I thought you might be interested to know that they tweaked the Japanese titles quite a bit =)

By: Justine

Justine — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:03:41 +0000

Thanks all. I’m dead pleased.

Though I’m not sure what the toucan is about either. I mean we have them in zoos here but they’re not exactly native. Last time I checked they were from South and Central America . . .

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:24:38 +0000

The Japanese Magic Lessons cover may be the closest cover-imagining correlation I’ve ever experienced! Wow!

Congratulations on your new editions!

By: NeoFlareod@msn.com

NeoFlareod@msn.com — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:57:19 +0000

I must say I’m very impressed with the Japanese covers, they make the manga-nerd in me jump for joy. The character designs are really good. The cover for Magic Lessons is my favourite of the two though, it kind of captures the mysteriousness and the magicness of the series.

Although I’m not quite sure what that toucan is doing?

By: E. Kristin Anderson

E. Kristin Anderson — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:49:08 +0000

The Japanese ones are so…Japanese! I love them and can see just how that fits into the Japanese market (which perhaps is completely silly of me to say, since I’ve not been there). I always love seeing how other countries market the same book.

Totally looking forward to seeing the new HTDYF cover! Will Charlie get a head?

By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:33:02 +0000

V: I also much prefer non-photographic covers. Sadly, YA publishers are obsessed with them. I even heard that one particular NYC house has forbidden any but photographic covers for its YA titles. Madness!

By: V

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:09:18 +0000

That’s another great thing about the Jap. covers, Justine: I love reading a book and flipping back to look at the cover, particularly when the cover backs up visually what you’re reading. Aesthetically I like drawing over photography too, so I think you really lucked out with those editions. Would love to see more as they come out

By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:29:45 +0000

Karen: I do adore the dramaticness of the German covers.

V: The Japanese covers are also a LOT closer to how I imagine the characters. Tom really is that fair-skinned and haired.

By: V

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:20:40 +0000

I actually like the Japanese covers better, because I think I’d have the same problem with the German ones that I do with the Twilight books — too similar and I can’t instantly tell them apart from each other.

By: Karen Smith

Karen Smith — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:40:15 +0000

The Japanese covers are lovely, but I truly love the German covers.

oh, and in the spirit of blogging about things you want to blog about–I found the Only Acceptable Uni***n:

http://shanalogic.com/item.php?item_id=1917&category_id=153

Thought you might enjoy it if you hadn’t come across it before. Thanks so much for the month of writing request answers!