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Insight 019 — GCOVER, TITLE AND GENRE MISMATCH

  • Alex Revival
  • 3 days ago
  • 1 min read

DIALOGUE 9: COVER, TITLE AND GENRE MISMATCH

The cover had a woman in a red dress.

MAYA: Elegant. Timeless. It could work for any genre.

LAPTOP: The title is "The Quantum Protocol."

MAYA: Science and beauty aren't mutually exclusive.

LAPTOP: Your category is Hard Science Fiction.

MAYA: Women read hard sci-fi.

LAPTOP: Yes. They also expect the cover to look like hard sci-fi.

MAYA: I wanted to stand out.

LAPTOP: You stand out.

MAYA: Thank you.

LAPTOP: Readers looking for hard sci-fi skip you. Readers who click the dress leave immediately.

MAYA: So who's buying it?

LAPTOP: ...

MAYA: Hello?

LAPTOP: I'm thinking.

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