I care a lot about covers, and a small selection with very little text might illustrate why. Covers can make every difference in getting a book to jump off the shelf, and I often suspect word- driven editors of slighting the cover's importance. Specialized knowledge of a cover subject can point to things your editor or publisher ignores. I always thought that putting a conventional "street pigeon" on the Pruett pb of
Aloft kept all the pigeon fanciers from buying it!
Here I will show three late 20th century Goshawk covers, plus the original and the one that was on "mine", the Wilder Places edition (no, I didn't pick it). You tell ME what would get you to pick one up.
The first, English hardbound, front and back; three paperback editions; then the not very good cover on "mine." Right or double click for bigger.
Finally, for comparison, the excellent Lyons pb of Edge (Quinn's "Blue" my suggestion, but they designed it), and the hapless pigeon.
