Last year, Justine Larbalestier sparked a controversy and movement in the blogosphere over her cover for the US edition of her book, Liar, when Bloomsbury made plans to ship the books to our shelves with a vaguely Asian female on the cover. The big hoopla was that the narrator was a young black woman. A concerted effort to make the insult known to Bloomsbury through a blogging and (I think) email campaign was launched, and quite soon, Larbalestier unveiled the new cover for Liar, this one featuring the black model it should have had in the first place. Apparently, based on these two YA blogs here and here, it has happened to another Bloomsbury title.

Perhaps we in the online romance community can take a cue from these passionate and intelligent teenagers…

Jane @ Dear Author blogged about this here. You can find contact information for writing and/or emailing Bloomsbury.

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