{"id":6311,"date":"2011-08-11T08:09:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T12:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=6311"},"modified":"2011-08-11T08:09:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T12:09:51","slug":"the-truth-behind-a-books-cover-art-dust-cover-and-back-cover-blurb-from-charles-stross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/the-truth-behind-a-books-cover-art-dust-cover-and-back-cover-blurb-from-charles-stross\/","title":{"rendered":"The truth behind a books cover art, dust cover, and back cover blurb from Charles Stross"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Many readers hold the charming misconception that authors not only write their books, but are responsible for the size, shape, texture, flavour, and appearance of the finished physical object.<\/p>\n<p>(We&#8217;re talking physical books here, not ebooks. That&#8217;s yet another opportunity for discourse that I&#8217;m going to eschew for now.)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the reality: as an author, I am required \u00e2\u20ac\u201d per contract \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to supply the publisher with a manuscript of approximately the correct length, on roughly the correct subject matter, that is substantially free from factual errors and libelous or criminal statements. I&#8217;m also required to participate in the editorial process. And I can suggest a title. That&#8217;s all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Find out the truth of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>why Book Cover art can be so awful, or fantastic&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>Who writes the Author&#8217;s bio<\/li>\n<li>Who writes the Dust cover sleeves<\/li>\n<li>Who writes the rear cover summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>All this, and more information, over at\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2010\/03\/cmap-6-why-did-you-pick-such-a.html\">Charlie&#8217;s Diary<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many readers hold the charming misconception that authors not only write their books, but are responsible for the size, shape, texture, flavour, and appearance of the finished physical object. (We&#8217;re talking physical books here, not ebooks. That&#8217;s yet another opportunity for discourse that I&#8217;m going to eschew for now.) Here&#8217;s the reality: as an author, <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/the-truth-behind-a-books-cover-art-dust-cover-and-back-cover-blurb-from-charles-stross\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1478],"tags":[284,627],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->