Say hello to the full book jacket for Dust Settles North!! Isn't she gorgeous?? 🥹
Let me know what you think of it in the comments!
We had a bit of a back and forth on the jacket design—mainly around the placement of the blurbs (aka praise quotes, author blurbs, endorsements). The Bindery team had initially wanted to put the blurb from Vaishnavi Patel on the front cover but Deena & her agent made a great point that since Vaishnavi Patel is a fantasy author, it might be misleading to the casual browser picking the book up at a bookstore since Dust Settles North is a straightforward literary fiction. Although Vaishnavi is a huge name (and a personal friend of mine!), I think it makes most sense to hint on the outside of the book, what the reader can expect within the book. I also felt that it could lead to misunderstanding the content of the book as fantasy and wanted to avoid confusion.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this topic though! How much do blurbs matter to you? Are you more likely to pick up a book if it's blurbed by an author you know and love—regardless of the genre? Or is the content of the blurb, what it says, more important?
