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<blockquote data-quote="Clarkesworld Books" data-source="post: 1764065" data-attributes="member: 24278">Erikson's booksHi!&nbsp; I found this place by tracking back a link to my site.&nbsp; Great to see this conversation going on and if I'll have to mention it to the folks over at the Malazan.com forums.&nbsp; I'm sure they'd be just as interested as I am.It seems that there is almost universal dislike of the US covers.&nbsp; Reaction from the long-time (pre-US publication) fans has been horrible.&nbsp; They feel the art doesn't represent the story.&nbsp; I'm inclined to agree.&nbsp; It certainly didn't make selling this book easy.&nbsp; I had to twist a lot of arms to get people to ignore the cover.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've been importing Midnight Tides and it's actually outsold Gardens.&nbsp; The Blood Follows and The Healthy Dead novellas set sales records for us.&nbsp; This is a great series.&nbsp;&nbsp; While I am extremely happy that TOR is rolling the rest of the books out in 9 month intervals, they have slipped up with the presentation and marketing of Gardens.&nbsp; Those of us who have seen the cover art for Tor's edition of Deadhouse Gates continue to be disturbed.&nbsp; (A link to the artists work was posted at the Malazan forum.)&nbsp; Most of us are hoping that the quality of the story eventually overcomes this... as it should.I think I can get off my soapbox now...&nbsp; I should say that this instance (and their website) are the only times I've been disappointed in Tor.&nbsp; They are typically a quality operation.&nbsp; -Neil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clarkesworld Books, post: 1764065, member: 24278"] [b]Erikson's books[/b] Hi! I found this place by tracking back a link to my site. Great to see this conversation going on and if I'll have to mention it to the folks over at the Malazan.com forums. I'm sure they'd be just as interested as I am. It seems that there is almost universal dislike of the US covers. Reaction from the long-time (pre-US publication) fans has been horrible. They feel the art doesn't represent the story. I'm inclined to agree. It certainly didn't make selling this book easy. I had to twist a lot of arms to get people to ignore the cover. I've been importing Midnight Tides and it's actually outsold Gardens. The Blood Follows and The Healthy Dead novellas set sales records for us. This is a great series. While I am extremely happy that TOR is rolling the rest of the books out in 9 month intervals, they have slipped up with the presentation and marketing of Gardens. Those of us who have seen the cover art for Tor's edition of Deadhouse Gates continue to be disturbed. (A link to the artists work was posted at the Malazan forum.) Most of us are hoping that the quality of the story eventually overcomes this... as it should. I think I can get off my soapbox now... I should say that this instance (and their website) are the only times I've been disappointed in Tor. They are typically a quality operation. -Neil [/QUOTE]

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