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The first thing I thought with the Wake recovers was "wow, that girl looks like Kristen Stewart!" Like you, I can see that helping or hindering the new covers. I personally liked the old ones. They were a bit obscure.

Do not like the Smart Girls recover at all. It's a fun book and now it just looks like all smart girls want is boys which is true but yet, there was a bit more to the story than that.

I think I may have said it on your blog before, but I HATE what they've done with the new edition paperbacks of Life As We Knew It. They have instantly made it a "girl book" with their new cover, and that book is GREAT for boys. I'm so angry about it. I make sure to show the old cover whenever I booktalk it. Harumph!

Absolutely true! That new Smart Girls cover does not work for what the book is actually about...sigh. I hate the new Perkins covers, too...I really liked the originals. :/

I thought the exact same thing. The new Smart Girls cover implies that smart girls get the BOYS they want. It's really too bad.

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I just looked it up-it is a more girly cover. I hate when that happens!

Exactly! It's a fun book, but now it looks all about romance.

I'm still not sure about the new Wake trilogy covers. They're interesting, but I don't know if they'd grab my attention enough to read them if I were new to the trilogy. I like the new Stephanie Perkins covers, but I wish Penguin would stop changing them mid-series like they keep doing. I've received mixed reactions from my students about them. Many like the new ones b/c they appear more adult, and others like the original covers because they let you know a little more about the characters.

I hate mid-series changes too. I bugs me because then the series covers don't match on my library shelves. I also get annoyed because the teens will see one cover online or in the store and then come to the library and not realize the hardcover is actually the same paperback they saw-just a different cover.

FWIW, the "paperback" cover of Throne of Glass now merely matches the cover they've been using overseas all along. (Which I always thought was better, anyway). Maybe TOG did better overseas and now they are switching the covers to match.

I can't stand the Gilt hardcover. I'm glad they're changing it (again) as I don't think looking up someone's nose is all that attractive in a book cover.

I wasn't a fan of the hardcover for Gilt but hopefully the new paperback will draw readers.

I loved the original cover for Code Name Verity-very dramatic! The new cover doesn't appeal to me as much.

I think Keeping the Castle will draw younger readers with that new cover. I don't like it but if it means more of an audience...

Cool post! I happen share your love for Code Name Verity and really love the cover. I think it fits perfectly. When I saw the ppb cover a few weeks ago, my first reaction was that it lacks the drama of the hc. Then, I thought the bikes fit. So, it's growing on me as well.

Absolutely despise the cover change for Keeping the Castle.

brenda (proseandkahn)

What is it about Code Name Verity that makes it so difficult for the publisher to match the outside to the amazing inside? Both covers are a travesty, in my opinion. The original was strange and dark and the paperback looks like the cover of a generic historical fiction novel set in WWII England.

As for Keeping the Castle...there are no words.

No, no, no, noooo to the new Code Name Verity cover! It might be pretty, but captures None of the intensity of Julie and Maddie's story! Gah - what a bummer.

I haven't read any of the books you featured here, but I do have such strong opinions about how important a good cover is! On first glance: I like Verity in hardcover, paperback cover looks so boring...what about that cover will grab a teen? You are absolutely right about Keeping the Castle, that cover should never have made it to print...I do think that Throne of Glass looks super badass in paperback. I read and review books for readers in grades 4-8 for a committee I'm on, but I wish there was a way to get involved with how publishers determine their covers. As a teacher and avid reader, I sometimes think that the people choosing/designing the covers do not spend much time around real kids. I weep for beautiful stories with terrible covers! Fun post, thanks!

I can see how they match the book, but they look so manga to me. Maybe if I had seen that cover first I would like it more. I think it's another one, like Verity, that's growing on me a bit.

Also, can I tell you I had a minor freak out when I saw you were the first person to comment? :)

That's so true Sarah! It is an odd angle. I like the new cover.

I do think the new cover of Verity looses some of the drama, yet it seems more historical to me if that makes sense. Maybe a new audience for Keeping the Castle is a positive way of looking at that cover! :)

I don't know what it is about it that is making me like it more. I think it's the fact that it looks like historical fiction to me more than the original cover.

Agreed on Keeping the Castle!!

I know. I'm sad about Keeping the Castle too!

Oh, I kind of like it! But you're right about the intensity being gone.

Oh I would love to have something where teens could give feedback to publishers on covers. I used to ask my advisory board to judge books by their covers for fun. I wouldn't tell them anything about the book, I'd hold up the cover, and they would have to tell me if they would pick it up, what they liked and disliked about it, and what they thought the book was about. It was funny to hear their comments and see how often they were wrong about the true story compared to what they though based on the cover.

I love comparison posts like these; I often lament the often dreadful cover changes.
I like the intensity of the original Code Name Verity; but the paperback might entice more teens to pick it up.
My least favorite cover change....Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Beautiful, reversable jacket reduced to generic girl on cover. Sigh.

Agree with you on the Anne of Green Gables cover. Seeing the Amelia Bedelia cover makes me want to laugh. I could never get through reading one of those books to my daughter without laughing. Thanks for sharing these.

OMG on the Anne cover-have they even read the books? The #1 thing I knew about Anne (before reading the books) was that she had red hair. Get a model with red hair on the cover and it improves a lot although she should also have a different facial expression; I'll let her keep that shirt IF she has red hair.

I agree with Bookworm. Red hair and Anne. Did the cover artists even read the book? Did anyone there read the book? While the Amelia Bedelia cover is attractive, what does it have to do with AB being a maid? She's a maid, isn't she? It has been a long time since I've read them. The others - meh.

brenda

I just saw that Anne cover too. Talk about a disconnect between a character and some hack's idea of what would draw in readers (wanna bet it's a guy ;->). The Pippi cover will definitely make it sit on shelves. Steam-punky, yes...but she isn't. Sometimes I think people are impressed with an artist or design concept but forget who is at the end of the process -kid readers. Chefs talk about making food appealing to the eye AND the palette. This is the same concept (I feel a blog post coming on!).

The new cover for The Bell Jar is horrific and such a mis-representation of the novel.

http://jezebel.com/5978457/the-bell-jar-gets-a-hideous-makeover/gallery/1

Surely this is a joke???!!!!???!!!

I received an ARC of the new Amelia Bedelia chapter book, and I was disappointed. She's a child in the new ones, rather than an adult maid, and the silliness of the original series is totally lost in the chapter book format. The cover is cute, but the overall update doesn't work for me.

The Matilda and Pippi covers are eye-catching, but blonde Anne of Green Gables was a poor choice!

Wow. I'm appalled at that Anne of Green Gables cover. For goodness sake! She has red hair! The cover doesn't fit her character at all!

I was going to point you towards this new cover for "The Bell Jar" but I see that someone beat me to it! :)

I also heard about that Anne cover this week, but some people have pointed out that it's a self-published book.

Wow! I can't think of a worse cover for Anne. Crazy!

The only thing that would make that Anne cover worse is if they pinned an American flag on her!

I've loved everything that I've read of Leavitt's writing so this is a must read for me!

LOVE it! This looks really great and I *love* the cover they chose.

I love vintage, my sister is a thrifter and her house is adorable with all her amazing finds. She recently found an old school map of England for me, I am so excited to hang it. She even sells vintage clothes on etsy. Have you seen SNL's Bein Quirky with Zooey Deschenal? They kind of make fun of the vintage girls but I can laugh at myself.

What a great idea for a book! Thanks for suggesting it-it has been added to my list :)

Thanks for bringing this book to my attention! Based on the cover alone, I would have read it but it sounds like a super fun story.