Comments on: Cover Matters: On Whitewashing

By: BHM, Day 3: POC Representation in Cover Art « MAGGIE CLARK

BHM, Day 3: POC Representation in Cover Art « MAGGIE CLARK — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:41:15 +0000

[...] for today’s primary link I give you The Book Smugglers’ article, Covers Matter: On Whitewashing, which has an impressive series of book covers that originally marketing (and in some cases still [...]

By: Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers #1) by Seressia Glass | I READ GOOD

Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers #1) by Seressia Glass | I READ GOOD — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:04:32 +0000

[...] diversity in books, and also because, after all of the controversy over whitewashing covers (see this post from The Book Smugglers for a great discussion of the topic), it’s great to see cover art [...]

By: Mark Charan Newton on Minority in Genre Fiction « The World SF Blog

Mark Charan Newton on Minority in Genre Fiction « The World SF Blog — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:03:23 +0000

[...] not go unpunished. Even publishers do not escape the issues: for example when they’re caughtwhitewashing novel covers.These discussions force those who create art and entertainment to think actively about what [...]

By: The Book Smugglers » Blog Archive » Three Years of Book Smuggling…

The Book Smugglers » Blog Archive » Three Years of Book Smuggling… — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:03:00 +0000

[...] Book Smugglers take whitewashing VERY seriously and post our inaugural Cover Matters essay: On Whitewashing, in which we examine whitewashing in the publishing industry and why it is such a pervasive [...]

By: A Bit of a Follow Up | HTMLGIANT

A Bit of a Follow Up | HTMLGIANT — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:04:56 +0000

[...] write books where the protagonist is black and white person is put on the cover anyway because hey, that will sell more books. They call this white washing and publishers actually think this is an acceptable [...]

By: Amber Galea

Amber Galea — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:58:41 +0000

You’ve probably already seen the paperback and sequel to Cindy Pon’s “Silver Phoenix” Sad.

By: The Book Blogger Convention, Part 2 « Janicu’s Book Blog

The Book Blogger Convention, Part 2 « Janicu’s Book Blog — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:39:18 +0000

[...] can affect change. The panelists brought up the recent outrage in the blogging community over the whitewashing in covers, and how bloggers got Bloomsbury to change its covers twice. There was a comment from the audience [...]

By: Stephanie Jefferson

Stephanie Jefferson — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:26:34 +0000

This is a worry of mine. I’ve written a book that can only be represented by a POC because it takes place in ancient Africa. I had worried that the setting would be off-putting to publishers and the cover issue just compounds it.

By: Saturday Grab Bag: New This Month and Mashup « Let The Words Flow

Saturday Grab Bag: New This Month and Mashup « Let The Words Flow — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:02:17 +0000

[...] Race in Novels: Whitewashing [...]

By: M

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:14:53 +0000

I don’t believe anybody should alter their reading a habits for anyone else. It’s a very personal thing and most people can’t read something unless it entertains them. But if you can seek out books you know you’d like that would do more good, then that’s a good idea. It seems so obviously silly to do this, as if they don’t think readers notice the difference once the start reading the book (but I guess it’s sold by then).

The 2nd cover for Powers is much more appealing to me. The character in the first has his face hidden and looks meek. The other man makes a much more engaging character.