tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8554694252028345060..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Wash and Spin - Cathy ButlerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9265198199125610932013-03-13T12:56:29.189+00:002013-03-13T12:56:29.189+00:00You know American publishers better than I do, Str...You know American publishers better than I do, Stroppy, but I should have made it clear that in talking about a crush and romantic feelings I don't mean "sexual content" in any explicit sense. At least, no more than would be implied by a ten-year-old swooning over Justin Bieber, which I find it hard to believe would be considered beyond the pale.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45859869559196234052013-03-12T21:30:37.982+00:002013-03-12T21:30:37.982+00:00To be honest, I'm surprised that characters of...To be honest, I'm surprised that characters of ten were allowed even a heterosexual crush. My experience of books that publishers want to sell into the American market is that no sexual content at all is really acceptable - at least not if they hope to get it into a school library. <br /><br />Some of the errors just fall under the category of stupidity - or of cover-designers not reading the book. The Anne of GG, for instance, is probably not an anti-readhead choice. There are as many books in which the dog or horse on the cover is the wrong colour/breed, or the landscape shows the wrong country, etc. <br /><br />I agree with you, regarding white-washing particularly, but I do think there is also a large margin of gross incompetence in some of the other examples rather than 100% iniquitous malice. Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90946761270838590392013-03-11T14:26:37.291+00:002013-03-11T14:26:37.291+00:00Thanks for flagging these up, Cathy - at a time of...Thanks for flagging these up, Cathy - at a time of what feels like constant compromise, some battles are still worth fighting!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com