Oh, come the fuck on!

[hackthis_archive]

Dear Bloomsbury (and anybody else in publishing who didn't get this memo):

Let's just put it out there right now: When your protagonist is a mixed race child with curly hair and dark skin, putting a WHITE CHILD on the cover to sell copies? NOT FUCKING OKAY.

The message you are sending to other mixed race kids and minorities? NOT OKAY.

Not letting the author chose what face her book presents to the world. Say it with me now... NOT OKAY!

Holy baby Jesus that's a lot of fail.

I couldn't even wait until morning to get it out of my system, because I don't like things fucking with my sleep patterns.

No love,
Somebody who really wants to buy that damn book but just can't bring herself to give you any more of her hard earned money.

Excuse me I must go decompress by finally listening to thisisbone and thefourthvine and watching Fast & Furious. And to not completely bring everybody's mood down, um, shit, I had some good news somewhere...oh, yes, Happy Birthday to random_flores, you are an awesome friend.

Comments

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

Fail the fucking epic fail.

This is precisely why I would love to go into publishing. So shit like this or Twilight doesn't happen.

I want to read this book too. How the hell are you supposed to support the author who wrote something we want to read and not dumbass publishers?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Inorite?

If I rip the cover off *before*, the author doesn't get paid at all. Curses.

ETA: musesfool very helpfully suggested buying the Australian version, which will obviously be a few pennies more but not result in me stroking out when I read it, so, you know I think I'll do that.

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

What if you were to rip off the cover (and walk out with the book) and send money directly to the author? :OP

musesfool's idea is a very awesome idea.