Dorky cover to new FAIR book.

[_Trevor]

It's published by FAIR & distributed by Deseret Book.

Distributed by Deseret? Wow! Congrats on that one, Mike. It should get around then.

[_Trevor]

CRAPPY CHURCH SYNDROME

Oh come now. First you guys tell us how good we are at brainwashing and other skullduggery and now you say how crappy we are. You can't have it both ways.

Crappy try, bc.

Let me spell it out in a little more detail. If raping and reshaping history made an excellent church, the LDS Church would be the best church ever. If that isn't your idea of what church should be about, however...

[_MAsh]

It's published by FAIR & distributed by Deseret Book.

Distributed by Deseret? Wow! Congrats on that one, Mike. It should get around then.

Thanks, Trevor. I apprecaite it.

Mike

[_Runtu]

The title, of course, is a play on the Shaken Baby Syndrome. There are things that can kill/damage an LDS testimony & hence I felt the title was not only catchy but had some meaning.

Yes, the title and cover art are equally sensationalist. I would also suggest that they are in poor taste, but each person has his or her own sense of these things. I can't help but think that even at their most sensationalist, the Signature Book covers are more tastefully done, but again...

de gustibus non est disputandum

Mike Ash

I've been in the publishing business for almost twenty years, and here's my take on it:

The cover looks like it was done by a teenager who just learned how to use PhotoShop. It looks really unprofessional and cheap.

[_John Larsen]

The title, of course, is a play on the Shaken Baby Syndrome. There are things that can kill/damage an LDS testimony & hence I felt the title was not only catchy but had some meaning.

Yes, the title and cover art are equally sensationalist. I would also suggest that they are in poor taste, but each person has his or her own sense of these things. I can't help but think that even at their most sensationalist, the Signature Book covers are more tastefully done, but again...

de gustibus non est disputandum

Mike Ash

I've been in the publishing business for almost twenty years, and here's my take on it:

The cover looks like it was done by a teenager who just learned how to use PhotoShop. It looks really unprofessional and cheap.

Yah but the guy in the bottom corner looks like Pat Buchanan. That's got to account for something.

[_Mercury]

The title, of course, is a play on the Shaken Baby Syndrome. There are things that can kill/damage an LDS testimony & hence I felt the title was not only catchy but had some meaning.

Yes, the title and cover art are equally sensationalist. I would also suggest that they are in poor taste, but each person has his or her own sense of these things. I can't help but think that even at their most sensationalist, the Signature Book covers are more tastefully done, but again...

de gustibus non est disputandum

Mike Ash

I've been in the publishing business for almost twenty years, and here's my take on it:

The cover looks like it was done by a teenager who just learned how to use PhotoShop. It looks really unprofessional and cheap.

So it reflects the content. Its expected, hehe!

[_Gadianton]

A comment on the cover design. The real eye-strainer is there's like, 4-6 different fonts. It's really hard to look at.

[_Runtu]

A comment on the cover design. The real eye-strainer is there's like, 4-6 different fonts. It's really hard to look at.

Yep, the ransom-note effect. As I said, very amateurish design. I expect that Mike's book will be pretty good, but you wouldn't know it from the cover.

[_TrashcanMan79]

I expect that Mike's book will be pretty good, but you wouldn't know it from the cover.

There's actually an old saw that speaks directly to this sort of thing, but for the life of me I can't recall it....

[_TrashcanMan79]

My bad if this has already been linked to somewhere in these 6 pages, but some of you might be interested in an online sample chapter from Mike's book:

Chapter 4: Confusing Tradition With Doctrine