So last week I asked you what you thought of the proposed cover for Hester Browne's third Little Lady book, What the Lady Wants, and we were unanimous in our nays. Since then I've heard from Hester's agent, publisher and Hester herself that that's probably not going to be the cover after all. Sadly not because of our nays (the power!), but ... well, just because. Even more sadly, the book's release has been postponed from January 2008 to the end of May. But I have no doubt that it will be worth waiting for.
On to this week's question. I recently read Shari Low's The Motherhood Walk of Fame and, on the back of the book, discovered some little categorising icons. The choices are Terror, Thrills, Drama, Love, Sex, and Humour, each with their own little illustration (an Oscar for Drama, a pair of pants for Sex, etc.) and then there's a pie chart to let you know what to expect from the book you're holding in your hot little hand.
For example, The Motherhood Walk of Fame is approximately 60% Humour, 20% Love and 20% Drama.
What do you think of this kind of information on a book? Is it
simply a helpful indication of what you might expect or a patronising
insult to the reader's intelligence? In other words...
Book category icons: Yay or Nay and Why?
[Don't forget it's Yay or Nay day at Hippyshopper, Bridalwave, Dollymix, Corrie Blog, Catwalk Queen, Kiss and Makeup, The Bag Lady, Shoewawa and Shiny Shiny, too!]
