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Start selling on @VintedCom for free and follow me @ mina-le - https://vinted.shop/26-mina-le-us-aug ➤ PRODUCTION directed, written, produced by Mina Le co-writer: Madison Huizinga editor: Charlee Reiff co-producer/dp: Samara Chaplain cam op: Kayla Cunningham ➤ SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: team.minale@iala.com ➤ Interviews Cassie Vu https://www.cassievu.com/ Stacey Yu https://www.staceyyu.com/ ➤ SOURCES Dolly as Cover Girl by Dieter E. Zimmer in Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl (2013) https://time.com/collections/best-romance-books/7005391/romance-novel-cover-history/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/04/30/romance-novel-cover-art/ https://www.facebook.com/HHoangWrites/posts/cover-reveal-for-the-kiss-quotient-mass-market-paperback-editionhello-all-ive-be/992633344601944/ https://www.cassievu.com/cover-graveyard Nabokov and His Industry by Stephen H. Blackwell in Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl (2013) Dyeing Lolita: Nymphet in the Paratext by Duncan White in Lolita: The Story of a Cover Girl (2013) https://www.jezebel.com/the-steamy-throbbing-history-of-romance-novel-covers-1832430711 https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/12/23/johanna-lindsey-best-selling-novelist-steamy-romances-dies-67/2737833001/ https://johannalindsey.wordpress.com/johanna/ https://bookriot.com/bodice-ripper/ Publishing Romance by John Markert (2016) https://www.jezebel.com/the-steamy-throbbing-history-of-romance-novel-covers-1832430711 https://societyillustrators.org/award-winners/elaine-duillo/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/fabio-decries-string-hollywood-burglaries-says-california-is-a-mess-998679/ https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/03/beyond-bodice-rippers-how-romance-novels-came-to-embrace-feminism/274094/ 0:00 - intro 7:03 - heated rivalry covers 8:39 - book cover trends 10:17 - book design process 13:01 - lolita book cover controversy 16:54 - author input 18:28 - romance genre history 29:33 - DIYing a new cover 34:57 - conclusion