The lovely Jennifer Echols is here as part of her Girlfriend Cyber Circuit tour! Her book, Endless Summer, is a repackaging of two previous books — The Boys Next Door and Endless Summer. Look for a sweet and hot love triangle with the Vader Brothers next door during Lori’s summer at the lake.
Here’s Jenn, and she’s got a whopper of a cover change to show!
“At first I had a cartoon cover. I thought it was adorable like my other cartoon covers, but I had heard the look of the books might be changing in the future, and I wished they had changed mine. I think covers have moved away from the cartoon, and it now looks younger than my books really are.
“And then they changed it! And we all loved the new cover (below). In fact, the sales department loved it so much that they moved up the release of the book from August to May.
“I grew up on a beautiful lake in Alabama, and Endless Summer is based on my experiences there. And I have to say, this cover is a little eerie–in a good way, because it looks awfully familiar. In other words, it’s perfect, I had no changes to suggest, and I couldn’t ask for more.”
Thanks, Jenn! I love that they combined both books into one — reader bonus! And I think the new cover is gorgeous with all that blue sky and the red title treatment. I agree that it makes the book look much older (and, uh, sexier).
What do you guys think?
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I can’t wait to read all of Jennifer’s books. I will admit that I never liked the cartoon covers of YA books past. But that new cover? Gorgeous.
I definitely like the realistic cover over the cartoon one: it makes the book seem so much more appealing, older, and, yes, sexier. I bought this book yesterday and can’t wait to read it! Now if only I had a beach to read it on…
I love it. Absolutely love it. I wouldn’t want to change a thing either, if I was her. And I love that both books are combined… I could stare at that picture for hours. Mmm.
I love the new cover. I think it will get a lot of girls attention. Especially those who something other than required reading. Also it would look great on a table. There are so many dark YA covers because of fantasy titles,Endless Summer could lighten up a table without worry about the colors clashing
One of my co-workers loves Echols. She’s owns all of her books. As much as we talk about YA she never mentioned this. I am looking forward to checking out a few Echols titles very soon.
I’ve been seeing this cover around for months now and it always gets my attention. I love the way it really feels like summer. Much better than the previous ones!
Great meeting you at BEA yesterday!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I own the cartoon cover, though, I prefer the cover with the “older” feel. It’s adorable!
Love, Hannah
P.s. Hey Melissa I have a question. Would you mind doing an author interview with me for my blog?
I was hoping I could publish it in my school’s newspaper as well but that’s another story… I don’t have many followers (26 to be exact), and I don’t have much experience (I began blogging about a month ago? Not seriously, though, until three weeks ago) but I’d love to have you as my first interview. I can’t guarantee good questions, either, but it could be fun! I hope!
My blog: http://mybookwonderland.blogspot.com/
Thanks Melissa!
I like the new photo cover better. While the cartoon covers where fun they don’t seem as mature.
As far as the photo goes I love it. Being able to see only sky behind the couple makes me think there are endless possibilities for them and that in fact that summer might indeed be endless. While the sky behind them allows for possibility I’m glad they are standing on the dock because not only does it give context to the story and the location near water but it grounds the couple so that while you have hopes for their endless possibilities you also feel like they are grounded in reality.
Can’t wait to read it!