Elevation Cover!

[Toni_S_UK]

Just seen a preview of the Elevation cover, I am assuming this will be the US cover? I love it, It always takes so long to see the UK covers though!
I bet I like this one better than the UK one haha! Anyone seen or know what the UK cover will look like? Moderator ?

 

[Moderator]

Just seen a preview of the Elevation cover, I am assuming this will be the US cover? I love it, It always takes so long to see the UK covers though!
I bet I like this one better than the UK one haha! Anyone seen or know what the UK cover will look like? Moderator ?

I haven't seen any artwork for the UK cover yet.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Why do all King novels now indicate “A Novel” under the title? Do the publishers think we’re not smart enough to know a book (with pages, words, and all), that includes a title and an author’s name, is a novel? Or is it some silly legal thing to keep King and the publisher from being sued by people who think they might be buying a burrito?

 

[RichardX]

Why do all King novels now indicate “A Novel” under the title? Do the publishers think we’re not smart enough to know a book (with pages, words, and all), that includes a title and an author’s name, is a novel? Or is it some silly legal thing to keep King and the publisher from being sued by people who think they might be buying a burrito?

That's a particularly good question since I'm not sure this one even technically qualifies as a "novel." My understanding is that it is very short. More a "novella" or short story on steroids as potentially boosted in length by double spacing and blank pages between chapters. Gwendy's, for example, is listed at 175 pages and this one at 144.

 

[Moderator]

Why do all King novels now indicate “A Novel” under the title? Do the publishers think we’re not smart enough to know a book (with pages, words, and all), that includes a title and an author’s name, is a novel? Or is it some silly legal thing to keep King and the publisher from being sued by people who think they might be buying a burrito?

It's not just Steve's books as I've seen it on other authors' books as well but I don't know the "why" publishers are now adding that.

 

[GNTLGNT]

.....well, just guessin', but probably "a novel" is easier to fit on a cover-than "a shorty story with delusions of grandeur"......

 

[Coolallosaurus]

So exciting to see the new cover. The art has a more cosmic Under the Dome vibe. very cool!
From what I know, adding "A Novel" to the cover is another way to make classification and shelving easier in book stores (distinguishes fiction from non-fiction), but SK's choice to call a novella-length work a novel is really interesting. Perhaps the book's release in October will provide more insight.

 

[mal]

I cannot wait. I obviously prefer more pages than less, but the short books/novellas are just as good.

 

[kingricefan]

Why do all King novels now indicate “A Novel” under the title? Do the publishers think we’re not smart enough to know a book (with pages, words, and all), that includes a title and an author’s name, is a novel? Or is it some silly legal thing to keep King and the publisher from being sued by people who think they might be buying a burrito?

It's even included in the bestsellers listings in the Sunday paper. They will have the title of the book followed by the words A Novel. Yes, we've really been 'dumbed down' now.....

 

[Wayoftheredpanda]

Why do all King novels now indicate “A Novel” under the title? Do the publishers think we’re not smart enough to know a book (with pages, words, and all), that includes a title and an author’s name, is a novel? Or is it some silly legal thing to keep King and the publisher from being sued by people who think they might be buying a burrito?

Probably so people know it isn't nonfiction or biography or what not.