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October 16, 2010 By Meg Waite Clayton

The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published: The Cover, Take Two

Several months ago, I delightedly shared the new cover for The Four Ms. Bradwells – a cover we’ll now call “the boat cover,” may it rest in peace. In the mysterious way of book publishing, it was suggested that although it was a lovely cover (which it was), it wasn’t quite the right cover for this particular novel. “Not quite smart enough” was a phrase I think someone somewhere in the depths of Random House said.
I believe the “somewhere” may have been some folks on the sales force, whom I’m told love the novel. And one of the things one learns along the way in publishing is how important those folks who get your books into the hands of booksellers turn out to be. The sales person for the independents in my neck of the woods is a lovely young woman named Jenn Ramage. Ramage, pronounced like “damage.” And yes, I did once accidentally introduce her as Jenn Damage. (I do still get a bit nervous in front of crowds!)
At any rate, long story short: new cover! I hope you love it as much as I do! Sadly, it is not my own neck. – Meg

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Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, a Jewish Book Award finalist based on the true story of the Kindertransport rescue of ten thousand children from Nazi-occupied Europe—and one brave woman who helped them escape. Her six prior novels include the Langum-Prize honored The Race for Paris and The Wednesday Sisters, one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. A graduate of the University of Michigan and its law school, she has also written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Runners World, and public radio, often on the subject of the particular challenges women face. megwaiteclayton.com

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