Post by account_disabled on Dec 24, 2023 4:03:57 GMT -5
It's true, I said it. Mine was certainly an extreme, but generally a publishing contract provides that the publisher has the final say on the title and cover. The reason is easy to tell. If each book is a precious creature for its author, almost a child, for the publisher it is a product, an item in the balance sheet of his company. And as such it must bring a profit. The title and cover become the most visible elements of a sales strategy that will translate into profits.
They are therefore chosen and constructed to create an appeal in the reader who will find them in front of him in the bookshop. Obviously, where possible, we try to accommodate the author. A title that works is not changed. But a new title can be the determining factor in the success of an Special Data entire novel. A perfect book is... finish the sentence with your considerations on how a book should be packaged, from the cover to the last page, passing through the title and the story and finishing with the texts of the implications. Perfection? I don't think it exists. The relationship with words, both as a writer and as a reader, is something too intimate. There is no unanimity on this.
The perfect book should be able to speak to everyone. Do you think it's possible? Regarding the formal aspect, there are a myriad of precise criteria that concern the composition, the number of paragraphs within a page, the use of italics, bold, punctuation. There are just as many cases of people who, by subverting these rules, have created sensational successes. But how can you upset a rule if you don't master it perfectly? And therefore I believe that even the most brazen creativity, in literature, must arise from a profound knowledge of the principles that underlie it. Only in that moment do you become capable of "playing" with the material of your works.
They are therefore chosen and constructed to create an appeal in the reader who will find them in front of him in the bookshop. Obviously, where possible, we try to accommodate the author. A title that works is not changed. But a new title can be the determining factor in the success of an Special Data entire novel. A perfect book is... finish the sentence with your considerations on how a book should be packaged, from the cover to the last page, passing through the title and the story and finishing with the texts of the implications. Perfection? I don't think it exists. The relationship with words, both as a writer and as a reader, is something too intimate. There is no unanimity on this.
The perfect book should be able to speak to everyone. Do you think it's possible? Regarding the formal aspect, there are a myriad of precise criteria that concern the composition, the number of paragraphs within a page, the use of italics, bold, punctuation. There are just as many cases of people who, by subverting these rules, have created sensational successes. But how can you upset a rule if you don't master it perfectly? And therefore I believe that even the most brazen creativity, in literature, must arise from a profound knowledge of the principles that underlie it. Only in that moment do you become capable of "playing" with the material of your works.