It's Time To End Gendered Book Covers

May 9, 2013 Subscribe · Forward It's Time To End Gendered Book Covers You are informed about a book's perceived quality through a number of ways. Probably the biggest is the cover. (Other messages include: blurbs (who they are from), comparisons, review coverage, store placement, and categorization.) And the simple fact of the matter is, if you are a female author, you are much more likely to get the package that suggests the book is of a lower perceived quality.  Continue reading... 7 Underappreciated American Novels PHOTOS: Your Awesome Book-Themed Tattoos FUNNY: What You Think The Great Gatsby Is About IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of Book Covers? 15 Inspirational F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes WATCH: Famous Designer On How To Make A Book IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of Book Covers? 9 Signs You're An Actual Grownup IMAGES: What Happens If You Flip The Gender Of Book Covers? 9 Signs You're An Actual Grownup 13 Vintage Words You Should Be Using Right Now KEITH RUNYON The Fitzgeralds of Montgomery, Alabama Thirty-nine years ago, as a very young Courier-Journal reporter, I traveled south by train to Montgomery, Alabama, to connect with the world that novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, knew in the early part of the 20th century. Continue reading... ALICE HOFFMAN A Day for Mothers and Daughters If we could somehow time-travel and meet our mothers when they were 8-year-olds who were afraid of thunder storms, or college students in love with the wrong man, or young mothers-to-be awaiting our births, all that we believe that we know would likely replaced by a different vision. Continue reading... STACY PARKER LE MELLE Detroit Is for Lovers: Talking Home, Family and Basketball Dreams With Poet Matthew Olzmann Matthew Olzmann is one of a handful of poets I know that can win over those who think they hate poetry. He wins over the haters because he is funny, but also because the poems have doors that open and invite you inside. Continue reading... DALEY JAMES FRANCIS You've Finished Your Novel... Now What? When that eureka moment hits you though, what happens next? That huge PDF file on your computer isn't going to leap out and sell itself. You have to know how to put it out to your audience and go through the steps you need to take to get it ready for consumption. Continue reading... QUORA What Influence Did The Great Gatsby Have on American Literature? Much of American Literature is a consideration of our ability to head to the frontier, reinvent ourselves, free ourselves of the shackles of the past, the tragic fate of birth in a particular place. This is rather uniquely explored in The Great Gatsby. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003