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more about #whitewashing more comments → laureltreedaphne: Publishers are beholden to sales and marketing. Authors like to think we are all evil, but when your sales person says to you "Barnes and Noble will t... more » CurtCole: Maybe the publisher up the font size on LIAR because they knew they'd done some...and continue to. more » Lyesmith: How can it be interpreted otherwise, I wonder? I'm sick of passive-aggressive comments along the lines of "well, I'm sorry you feel that way". Own up... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: Um, the woman on the front cover still looks super-duper light-skinned. Just sayin' more » Mafalda para Presidente: I'm glad. I don't understand why anyone would pick one over the other, and I'd like to give a swift kick to the rear to the illustrator that decided ... more » Notes from the underwhelmed: Ok... but the character in the book is a girl... and the lady on the cover is about 30... I get the feeling that they just walked down the street, gra... more » lilbobbytables: So...it was an accidental decision to mask the character's identity? That's not better - it's ethnocentric and sloppy. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Well uh...it *was* a calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity. Anyway, the new cover is much prettier. more » bibomaco: It might not be calculated, but it is a manifestation of ethnocentricity on the publisher's behalf. more » CurtCole: Right on, this had stuck in my mind since the last story on it. I'm glad they did the right thing. more » -
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"Whitewashed" Book Gets A New Cover
Justine Larbalestier's Liar, whose original white cover image didn't match its black protagonist, is getting a new jacket. The publisher is sorry the old cover was "interpreted by some as a calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity." [Independent]
