It focused on the dude, not the heroine, and there was nary a nipple in sight. The pressing question from my perspective is, if we're going to have 50 Shades-esque cover images of Dude Stuff in black and white, let's get real here, shall we? The first 50 Shades cover was a picture of a tie, and has become pretty iconic. I saw this one and said, out loud, “Oh, come ON now.”Īll of the covers for Beth Kery's serial novel have close up images on a single color background, quite 50-Shades-esque:Īnd then there's this magical piece of magic, sent to me by Allie:Īllie says, “either the author has a mushroom fetish or a lively sense of humor (the reviews seem to suggest the latter!)”Īnd this has nothing to do with book covers but I couldn't NOT share this: FIFTY SHADES OF GRU! The Crossfire series covers are 50 Shades-esque: We can't forget the reference books which have arrived to help all the curious folks who want to do some of that in their own bedrooms (more power to them, I say):Īnd then there are the erotic romances and erotic novels being released with two-color photography covers instead of full color man-chest covers. ”Īnd this cover, which isn't so much a parody as it is everything plus the kitchen sink, the fridge, and the junk drawer: “Maggie Muff meets Mr Red, White and Blue when she goes for a 'back to work' interview at the Bru in place of her best chum, big Sally-Ann, who's down with a dose of the clap that she got of Tommy Dick-fingers. The description of this one is just majestic in the amount of instant WHAT? I felt upon reading it:
Nevertheless, I feel like I need to apologize on its behalf, even though I had nothing to do with it: This book is described as “Belfast craic,” and has one enthusiastic review. I mean, really, of anyone who is riding the gravy train of this book, the stock photo agencies are probably the most joyful. Have a look at the complete parodypalooza of wtfery unleashed upon the world:Īnd this image, minus the extra nosy part, was the original cover image for “Bared to You:”Īnd of course there had to be political parodies!Įngland and Ireland, you're not off the hook either. I hope the book buying public likes grey.įirst, there are all the parodies, which made any photographer of black and white stock images VERY happy. But get ready, because now many books look like 50 Shades. Margot Sage-El, the owner of my local independent bookstore, Watchung Booksellers, said to me a few months back that she thought one factor in the success of the book was that it didn't look like a romance novel. Here's the original three covers, in case you've been living in a van down the river and haven't seen these books anywhere:
If you've seen books on a shelf in a store anywhere, like the newsstand at the airport or a kiosk at the grocery store, you've noticed that the success of 50 Shades of Grey has had quite an effect on cover art for contemporary erotic romances.
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