Jacket Whys: Swirls and Light

There are blogs for everything out there – including bookcover artwork.

Here's an interesting commentary about the state of "photoshopped images on kids’ book covers." The author cites four examples, including Brad Strickland's Grimoire: Tracked by Terror, and asks:

"Will we see the end of illustrated book covers for children? How much cheaper is it, in the end, to use stock photography? And are these kinds of covers only effective with younger kids?"

This reminds me of a newsgroup posting from a few years ago, discussing the decline of artwork in children's books. The article cited John Bellairs' novels from the 1970s as examples.