Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How are you feeling about illustrated covers these days? Let's chat! This video talks about some of my current issues with the illustrated trend in romance novel covers, and then what I would want to see more of instead.

Intro 00:35
Disclaimers 1:34
My Problem With Illustrated 2:05
Past Trend Examples 3:08
What I Still Like 4:31
Mass Appeal vs. Variety 8:30
What's Next? 9:25
Industry 17:45
Lingering Questions 19:32

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