It's a Guy Thing
It’s Friday and I’m going to take this opportunity, as many bloggers do, to rant. Though, to be honest, I tend to do that a lot anyway. I really dislike the covers on Christian books right now. At the Christian Book Expo (CBE), most of the publishers had their books lying on tables or stacked on the floor in such a way that potential customers could see the front covers. I walked through all the displays to see what they had made available. All of it was somewhat like this, but I remember one table in particular, a sea of pink , where I moved on quickly with the thought, someone’s going to think I’m interested in these . Yeah, I know it’s a guy thing and the covers weren’t so much pink as they were pastel, but I felt very out of place. It isn’t just the sea of pink . Many of the covers look like someone just went out and snapped a photo of some people to plaster on the cover. Enough about covers, what about content? When’s the last time you saw a Christian how to book? I don’t necessar...