Apparently I am a p*rn*grapher now. Second edition of Prep Work, a short romance some of you may have seen with a Dreamspinner line cover, has been given a cooking themed cover. Well, I don’t think he should try frying bacon in that outfit, but all the essentials are covered. Usually no one makes a fuss about man-nipples, and the rest is covered. Kinda. Sorta. But Barnes & Noble and Kobo and Apple think it’s too naughty to sell on their sites. (Never mind that they sell dino-smut.)
I’m not sure if I should appeal, or if I can appeal, or if I should attempt an end run once Prep Work passes the preorder period. Or if I should rethink the cover entirely. I don’t want to do that. Tommy as he appears now is kinda cute.
See the offending cover at Amazon (mobi) or at All Romance eBooks (mobi, PDF, and ePub.) I have to Jan 17 to figure it out.
I’m sorry, but that’s an awesome cover!
Thanks, Kage. I thought it was fun for the story, maybe promising a bit too much, but after I got done polishing and sharpening and cropping, I really wanted to use it. And I thought Amazon would be the one to balk, not the others.
It’s lovely, but smuttier than I expected, considering our relative positions on the naughty continuum. Hmm… perhaps it was the treasure trail that tipped things over the edge. And is that a smidgen of pubes lurking in the shadows?
Thanks. I don’t really think those are pubes, and I’ve had that pic blown up to absurd proportions. It’s definitely treasure trail though. 😉 I think the darkness is an artifact of me trying to clean up the edge of that frying pan. Why did they have to use the rattiest pan in the kitchen?
I think it’s a fine cover, you shouldn’t have to change it.
Thanks. I knew there was a possibility it wouldn’t be acceptable, and I do have a backup in mind, but I like the the strategic frying pan. We’ll see.