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#301 wolf_2099

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Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:59 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 07 October 2009 - 06:57 PM, said:

Of course, it looks like Tor is just reusing/tweaking the Bantam covers now anyway...

Is there even a good reason to do this? How much does it cost to commission a new piece of artwork for a book?

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#302 BlindSwordsman

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 05:08 PM

wolf_2099, on 07 October 2009 - 06:59 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 07 October 2009 - 06:57 PM, said:

Of course, it looks like Tor is just reusing/tweaking the Bantam covers now anyway...

Is there even a good reason to do this? How much does it cost to commission a new piece of artwork for a book?

I would guess between 3-10k.

#303 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 07:09 PM

Besides paying the artist for the painting, you've also got the designer who has to format all the cover text and position the cover art appropriately.

Plus, how long does it take to paint the cover art? That factors into the decision, too.

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#304 blewin

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Posted 16 October 2009 - 06:07 AM

Does anyone know when the book's coming out in Australia? For once, I was busy enough to not order it off Amazon. Now I'm free to read but the book's not out in the stores!

#305 Herbefol

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Posted 23 January 2010 - 03:06 PM

I was looking on Amazon to order the Tor edition of Dust of Dreams, as it seems the american hardcover has finally been published this month, and I find it odd that there's no cover art shown on the page of the book. And it's the same on other sites, like Barnes & Noble. Does that mean that Tor eventually didn't use the english cover and order a real new one (to Todd Lockwood ?) ?