Large Print Now Available: Wedded to War and Widow of Gettysburg
Just a quick note today to let you know that hardcover, large-print editions (AKA library binding, so tell your library!) of both Wedded to War and Widow of Gettysburg are now available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and ChristianBook. It looks like Yankee in Atlanta will be the next to appear in large print, this December, and my guess is that Spy of Richmond will follow a few months after that. The covers look QUITE different from the original editions, but the inside content is the same. [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1305", "attributes":{"class":"media-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-3435", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"400", "height":"313", "alt":"weddedandlp"}}]][[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1306", "attributes":{"class":"media-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-3436", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"400", "height":"313", "alt":"widowandlp"}}]] OK, I'll just say it. These large print edition covers aren't really doing it for me, but hey. No one asked me this time around. (It's a different publisher who bought the rights to make the large print editions.) I'm happy if the inside will be easier on the eyes for folks who otherwise wouldn't be able to read them. A final note--I know many readers who get really upset when the picture on the cover doesn't match the physical description of the hero or heroine inside the book. Since this happened in the large print edition of Widow of Gettysburg with the wrong hair color, I'll just point out that many times (including this time), authors are not consulted prior to or during the cover design process. And designers don't read every book they create covers for. So, it's OK for readers to be upset because really, it wouldn't be hard to get the details right, but just don't blame the author. I am positive that the author is even more upset than the reader when this happens.
