I often buy cozy mysteries
for my wonderful Mom.
I look for them
in the cozy mystery category,
of course.
But I also look for
cozy mystery covers.
If the book claims
to be a cozy mystery
but doesn’t have
the normal type of cover
for the genre,
I assume the writer or publisher
has no idea
what a cozy mystery is.
And I don’t buy
that book.
We DO judge books
by their covers.
That’s one of the purposes
of covers
– to tell us
what type of story it is.
And we DO judge other products
by their packaging.
Be different
but not TOO different.
The product should indicate
it belongs
in the category.