Alice Feeney Is Barely Famous
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What is Alice Feeney's latest book about?
Definitely. So we're here to talk about Beautiful Ugly, your new book. And... If you're going to get this on Amazon, you're going to have to pre-order it for the next launch because it's sold out.
Yes, sold out already. I can't believe it. It's launch day. Yes. One day in. What an amazing problem to have. What a lovely problem to have. How do you feel? I'm so excited. This book was so long in the making and I loved writing this one. You know, I've written seven. I've had seven books published now. I've written a few more that have not been published. But for it to finally be out in the world just feels like magic. And I love that readers can finally...
enjoy this story about Grady Green honestly though the I even if I didn't have you here today I would have bought this book solely for the cover because the cover is stunning and it has like a little a little um shimmer to it I absolutely love it I love the little like rip through here I think it's so good.
They've done such a terrific job. I love it. And I love that this is the first time I have the same cover everywhere. So the same cover in America will be in England. It's in Australia. It's in India, everywhere. It's the same cover coming out.
So why do you know what the reasoning is for different covers in different countries?
I asked for it to be the same cover everywhere this time because I just fell in love with it. It was designed for the American cover and I thought it was so perfect for the book. So beautiful. So not ugly at all, actually, for a book called Beautiful Ugly, just beautiful. And I thought it'd be fun to have the same cover everywhere this time around. And I love actually seeing all the different covers in different countries. We're in 40 countries now and it's so fun. You know, a box arrives at the house and I open it like a kid at Christmas going, oh my goodness, which one is this but it's also really fun I think because so many readers now are on social media and they'll all say oh no I wish I could get this cover I wish I could get the other other cover or if only I could have the British version and this time everyone can enjoy the same one and we can all share and talk about the same book
There is something special too, though, about collecting the same book from different countries. I just never understood what the reasoning was. Or is there no rhyme or reason? They just do it.
I think people just do it. I think they fall in love with a story and they want every different edition of the same story. And why not? It is fun seeing them all on the shelf together.
I absolutely love that. And so do you get a say in how this gets... design because I've talked to other authors on the podcast and they say they have nothing to do with the cover. But you get you sort of got to say, right, like you were like, I want the same thing across the board.
I said I wanted the same thing this time. And I said, please, could we have foil? I think I'm secretly a magpie. I like shiny things. And not only did they give me foil, they gave me holographic foil. I think it's the best thing ever I love my publishers um so it's so pretty and there are other pretty things inside as well um I drew a map when I handed the book in um every year I like to surprise them with something sometimes I have little illustrations this year I had a map and um even my editor was you know very nice on the phone but she said just to clarify you want a map at the start of a thriller um because normally you might find them in fantasy books I thought yeah
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Alice Feeney's latest book about?
1:04–6:33
2
What was Alice Feeney's journey to becoming an author?
6:33–15:03
3
How does Alice Feeney handle book adaptations?
15:03
4
What are the themes in Alice Feeney's books?
13:03–30:10
5
How does social media influence book popularity?
30:10
6
What is the significance of the cover design for Beautiful Ugly?
2:40–15:14
7
What inspired Alice Feeney to become a writer?
15:14–35:00
8
What can readers expect from the Netflix adaptation?
35:00–1:04:30