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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scadgrad" data-source="post: 1862674" data-attributes="member: 766">Your opinion on the importance of the cover is spot-on, but again few people in this thread have complained ONLY about the look of the product. I believe that you would have to concede that after the potential customer picks up the book w/ the snazzy cover, he'll then flip through the book. Clearly the next chance you have to grab him is with the design of the product of which the illustration is an integral part. Few buyers will have the time to pour over your writing other than the "crunchy bits."Touche! I haven't really paid that much attention to BP's recent efforts, but then again, considering how much attention I pay to new releases and how much I spend on the hobby, I'm not so certain that my criticism were entirely uninformed. My original thoughts were in response to the original post and my previous experience w/ BP product.While it's true that "art" is subjective, good design really isn't. If the look and feel of the product becomes an obstacle to the buyer, then you've got problems. Falling back on the old "well, everyone's opinon on art is different" isn't going to improve your sales, a fact that I'm sure your well aware of. Your willingness to listen to honest criticism is admirable and I found your initial response to be considerably less churlish than Mr. Melka's, who frankly seemed more intent on shooting the messeneger.I would say that Rembrandt HAD his critics. He certainly has very few of them today. During most of his professional life, Rembrandt was widely admired and had more work than he could ever get to. But we'll leave the Art History debate for another thread.Good luck with the new OB releases. It certainly takes stones to continue supporting a setting when as you've said, you could easily move on to other ventures.</blockquote>

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