Fantasy Cover with Swords? Seen it 83 Times.
Tim Holman, publisher of scifi and fantasy imprint Orbit, surveyed a swath of fantasy covers and charted the results. Required reading for those of you wondering about the current popularity of “Glowy Magic”.
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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