It's one of those weird things. The most powerful covers for handselling often don't appeal to the die-hard fans of the author because they're meant to appeal to the people one niche over who might try a new author if the cover looks like what they want. The die-hards are often presumed to be buying the book no matter what they slap on it.
Plenty of gothic classics were repackaged with women on the cover running from houses when the 70s gothic boom was in effect, which is slightly similar. And there's a chick lit cover for Flowers in the Attic which worked quite well, if one means "was bought by people who hoped it was a touching and tender love story involving fashionable footwear."
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Date: 2008-11-09 04:45 am (UTC)Plenty of gothic classics were repackaged with women on the cover running from houses when the 70s gothic boom was in effect, which is slightly similar. And there's a chick lit cover for Flowers in the Attic which worked quite well, if one means "was bought by people who hoped it was a touching and tender love story involving fashionable footwear."