Die for Me by Amy Plum: BIG Update!

I'm turning my blog over today to Amy Plum, author of the upcoming Die for Me for an exciting announcement about the cover of her book!


I'm asking Kari to announce this news because not only is she organizing DIE FOR ME's blog tour on The {Teen} Book Scene, but she knows a lot more of you than I, a newbie author, do. And I wanted to get this news out as quickly as possible. Because it is HUGE and unexpected. Like a rhinoceros bursting unannounced into my living room. Except, in this case, it's a rhinoceros wearing a strappy red dress and surrounded with hand-drawn mysterious black swirls.

But enough already with the bizarre-o metaphors. Here is the news:

HarperCollins has decided to change the cover image of DIE FOR ME.

They are adopting Atom's cover depicting KATE-ON-THE-ROOF instead of their previous cover showing KATE-IN-A-BOAT.

I've never heard of this kind of thing, but I also hadn't heard of an ARC before last September when people started asking me for one and I had to Google it to know what they were talking about. However, my editor told me that a last-minute jacket switch isn't that uncommon. Here is what she said:

“I shared the UK cover of DIE FOR ME with some folks in-house--and our sales team flipped over it. As much as they love OUR cover, they loved the UK cover just a little bit more. We then shared it with more people-in-positions-of-power, and the reaction was unanimous. They ultimately think that the UK cover feels like a 'bigger' book.

And, interestingly enough, this kind of thing happens quite a lot so we're not concerned about consumers and booksellers being confused--booksellers 'get' this type of thing and you'll be able to share the revised cover on your blog so any bloggers who are following DIE FOR ME news will be able to pick up that info and share it as well.”

So Harper tweaked the UK cover. And here it is. And here we are, you and I. So what do we think? I think it's gorgeous. How about you?

 And for your perusal, here are both the original US Covers, and the UK cover:

 

So what do you guys think? I love it! The color scheme is fantastic, and it most definitely makes me wonder what she's looking out at and thinking. Not to mention, I do love the Eiffel Tower being in the background. But mostly, just the color scheme. It's gorgeous! Congrats, Amy!!!