British covers are always better

An ironclad rule in publishing.

Paul Bradley Carr

20 Mar 2025 — 1 min read

An ironclad rule in publishing. I should probably write a post about it soon.

In the meantime, see above the far superior British cover of Careless People, the Facebook/Meta tell all from Sarah Wynn-Williams. Not just a better cover, but a much, much better tagline too. I mean....

Power. Greed. Madness. (UK)

vs (prepare to stifle a yawn)

A cautionary tale of power, greed, and loss idealism (US)

No contest.

The UK edition is published by Pan Macmillan and generally only available across the pond. But, just for readers of the blog, I've ordered a small pile of them from Gardners (my go-to British book supplier) and am expecting them in a few days. Watch this space for an order link soon!

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