Don’t judge a book by its cover. I’m new to this, but I’m fairly confident that whoever said that wasn’t on a publisher’s marketing team. Buyers absolutely judge, and buy, books by their cover, which is why this was such an important decision. The talented art department at Emily Bestler Books/Atria sent us an initial concept of the cover, and I’ll have to admit, it was really cool to see the words “The Terminal List” on the mock-up jacket.