Larbalestier’s _Liar_ to Get New Cover!

[chomiji]

This just in from the LJ racism_101 community:

A New Look for 'Liar'
"Proof of the power of the web: Bloomsbury Children’s Books has told Publishers Weekly exclusively that it will change the controversial cover of Justine Larbalestier’s Liar ... 'We regret that our original creative direction for Liar—which was intended to symbolically reflect the narrator’s complex psychological makeup—has been interpreted by some as a calculated decision to mask the character’s ethnicity,' Bloomsbury officials said ... "
- Publisher's Weekly

OK, cynics - how'd you like them apples? Yes, protesting can help!

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[chomiji]

Borders is so centrally run that they seemingly have no way to respond to local demand. The White Flint area of Montgomery County is heavily Jewish, yet the Borders there has only a mediocre selection of Judaica, and it's tough to find Hanukkah music at that time of year. It does not surprise me at all that their DC stores are much weaker than they should be on African American authors and subject matter.