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Whitewashing Strikes Again? The Case of White Cat by Holly Black

By On March 6, 2010 · 29 Comments · In Cover Matters

It has recently been brought to our attention that another big Young Adult release may be pulling for a three-peat of Bloomsbury’s Liar and Magic Under Glass fiascos.

This time, the potentially whitewashed cover in question is the ARC of White Cat, the upcoming YA novel by Holly Black – and this time, [...]

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Cover Matters: On Whitewashing

By On February 26, 2010 · 71 Comments · In Cover Matters, Guest Blogger

Cover Matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book: the cover. This feature will dedicate more separate space to a topic that has always intrigued, irked, and befuddled us. We will be talking about issues such as whitewashing practices, covers in [...]

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Smugglers’ Stash and News

By On January 31, 2010 · 7 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News.

We shall start with some excellent news:

The Mysterious Benedict Society covers to be “Adjusted”:

The School Library Journal reported on the 26th that Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will be [...]

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Cover Matters: An Introduction

By On January 25, 2010 · 13 Comments · In Cover Matters

Following Bloomsbury’s Whitewashing Cover Fiasco ’09-’10 (Justine Larbalestier’s Liar and Jaclyn Dolamore’s Magic Under Glass), readers were able to make some small positive change resulting in the publisher’s book jacket retraction and subsequent re-issuance of new, race-conscious covers.

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Smugglers’ Stash & News

By On January 24, 2010 · 10 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News.

First up, we’ve got some fan-freakin-tastic news.

Bloomsbury Retracts Cover:

On Thursday afternoon, Bloomsbury officially announced that they will no longer be printing the offending cover of Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn [...]

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Smugglers’ Ponderings: Cover Matters

By On January 18, 2010 · 58 Comments · In Smugglers Ponderings

A Bit of Background:

The Internets are full of rage again as Bloomsbury Publishing finds itself at the center of yet another book cover controversy. Remember the furore surrounding the cover of Liar by Justine Larbalestier? When readers found out that the intended cover of a book featuring a black protagonist [...]

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Smugglers’ Stash & News

By On November 22, 2009 · 8 Comments · In Smugglers Stash, Smugglivus

Hi-yo! Another weekend, another stash. First, a few announcements…

Giveaway Winner:

The lucky winner of a copy of M.L.N. Hanover’s Darker Angels, book 2 in The Black Sun’s Daughter series, is…

LoriT! (Comment #23)

Congratulations! You know the drill – send an email to contact AT [...]

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Smugglers Stash and News

By On April 19, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Giveaways, Smugglers Stash

Sunday is here, Sunday is here! Which means it’s playoffs time!

Oh, yeah, and time for another stash.

Giveaway Winner:

Our lucky winner of the Angie Fox Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers swag is:

Tiah!

You know the drill: send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com) with your snail [...]

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Smugglers Weekly Stash

By On November 9, 2008 · 5 Comments · In Smugglers Stash, Smugglivus

Another weekend comes to a close, but worry not! We have another busy week ahead.

First, some housekeeping…

Thanks to Julia Quinn for stopping by for the lovely chat! And we have our winners–drumroll please–


Barbara and Kara

You have both won one book each [...]

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New Kresley Cole Cover: Kiss of a Demon King

By On October 1, 2008 · 11 Comments · In Miscellaneous

*Tag teams Katiebabs*

Look at the beautiful cover for the next installment of Kresley Cole’s Immortal After Dark series! A big thank you to the great Katie and and to the awesome Meljean Brook for this gift!

So what do we think? I have [...]

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