Married But Available - The Cover Story

Don't judge a book by its cover. When a book lies among a hundred others on the shelf, it is the cover that first catches the eye. Thereafter the seduction of the reader is unabashed. through great graphics or visuals, maybe through an interesting title or through a controversial quote or a celeb author's photo or endorsement, the cover tries to get you to cough up the money and take the book home.

Sometimes the book will announce "1 million copies sold in sixteen languages". That is truly impressive. Hats off to the authors who do that. i know the religious texts often achieve those numbers but for those who don't have that strategic advantage, the cover is the best starting point.

So here is the cover of Married But Available. No one has seen it - besides Karthika, my Editor and Shuka Jain - the designer I worked with. So this is where you saw it first. Tell me what you think. I am holding my breath. Don't just click to another page. Leave your comment here... do you like the cover? And tell me what kind of a cover makes you buy a book.

The launch is on 20 Sep 2008 in Delhi. Will let you know who is the celeb launching the book. Any case I am curious to know which celeb would be really cool to have for the launch. Should it be an author... which author would you recommend? A fashion Designer? A Page 3 kind of personality? A top executive? A reader? A film star or a cricketer? Love to know your suggestions. Maybe do the launch without any celeb at all? Hey, if you are in Delhi on 20th September 08 in the evening, come for the launch. Be my guest. Bring your friend along.