{"id":927,"date":"2020-08-12T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/?p=927"},"modified":"2020-08-08T17:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T00:22:41","slug":"judging-this-book-by-its-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/12\/judging-this-book-by-its-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging this Book by Its Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PeaceMakerCover.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re certainly on my <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/43236ae6c5e2\/mailing-list-signups\">mailing list<\/a> and\/or following me on social media (and somehow evading the algorithms that keep us all from seeing all the things we asked to see), you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen the cover for <em>Peace Maker<\/em> already. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another good one by George Cotronis at Ravenkult, the artist who did the <em>Peace Fire<\/em> cover.<\/p>\n<p>After the clean and simple <em>Peace <\/em>Fire cover, I thought it might be nice, in a non-spoilery way, if I tried to point out five details of this <em>Peace Maker <\/em>cover that might tell you a little about what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in this 2<sup>nd<\/sup> book of the Peaceforgers trilogy.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Things are messier, not nearly so clear or obvious or straight-forward.<\/li>\n<li>That same basic silhouette confirms that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still Katja telling us this story.<\/li>\n<li>We can see she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still hood up and boots on and, though it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not quite the same, still got light in her. Ready for action, but maybe not quite where she was in <em>Peace Fire<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>And she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still facing down a circular shape, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also not quite what it was in <em>Peace Fire<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The picture\u00e2\u20ac\u201din the circles of light and scattered throughout\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhas plenty of a light, bright blue you might remember from <em>Peace Fire<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more than that, well, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to actually read what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s behind this cover when the book is out 6 October&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">xxx<\/p>\n<p>Pre-order Peace Maker wherever you usually buy books. Though, at this time, I&#8217;ve been told that nobody can find a listing for the paperback. Argh! They are, I&#8217;m promised, working on it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a wee link roundup if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to pre-order the ebook at the bigger Usual Suspects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/peace-maker-amber-bird\/1137446737\">B&amp;N<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=cS7oDwAAQBAJ\">Google Play<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/id1526685157\">Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08F77WL1Y\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But I also know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being sold through smaller (aka they haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t yet tried to take over the world) outlets, and the paperback should also be available everywhere. <i>Eventually&#8230;<\/i>At the very least, once it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s out, you should be able to ask your fav indie bookshop to order it for you!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54845359-peace-maker\">it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on GoodReads<\/a>, in case you want to note that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to read it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re certainly on my mailing list and\/or following me on social media (and somehow evading the algorithms that keep us all from seeing all the things we asked to see), you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen the cover for Peace Maker already. 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The picture\u00e2\u20ac\u201din the circles of light and scattered throughout\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhas plenty of a light, bright blue you might remember from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peace-maker","category-peaceforgers","category-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judging this Book by Its Cover - Amber Bird | Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/12\/judging-this-book-by-its-cover\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judging this Book by Its Cover - Amber Bird | Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re certainly on my mailing list and\/or following me on social media (and somehow evading the algorithms that keep us all from seeing all the things we asked to see), you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen the cover for Peace Maker already. 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