Comments on: Author’s Photograph Essential In Marking A Book: A Book is Only as Good as the Writer’s Photo

By: Ken Storch

Ken Storch — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:37:13 +0000

You might say that he’s a post modern post industrialist ‘print-on-demand’ kind of author.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:57:20 +0000

Based on the upturned collar and close shave, I would have taken the guy in the photo to be a postmodernist. Well as they say, “don’t judge a book by its author’s cover photo.”

By: Ken Storch

Ken Storch — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:20:41 +0000

Well, as a professional, I’d recommend targeting your NPR lovin’ public by looking sexily intellectual and political, with a tang of sass and definite investment and snoot possibilities. You know, for the inevitable party invitations and round tables at the Algonquin.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:06:08 +0000

I heard this story on NPR, thanks for repeating it. I’m still deciding how to portray myself on the book jacket of the book I haven’t written yet.