But why? What was wrong with the ebook cover of Lan rescuing Nynaeve?

Yes, I agree. Can you please shed some insight, if you have any, on what happened to the ACOS eBook art that we thought would be used on the ACOS trade paperback? I love this new painting as well, I'm just curious...did Harriet think Lan saving Nynaeve was a bit too romance-novel like or something?

Also, when can we expect this trade pb and future ones to be available for purchase? Thanks.

When it came time to print the trade paperback editions, editor Harriet McDougal asked if we could depict the scene where Cadsuane meets Rand for the first time.

That really doesn't answer my question about what was wrong with the ACOS eBook cover, but thanks, I appreciate it!!

there probably is no answer except that Harriet wanted a cover with Cadsuane so this is it.

Personally, I think this new artwork looks better than the E-book's one, but that's probably just me.

On the one hand I think that the Lan/Nynaeve chapter depicted was probably a better scene that the Rand/Cadsuane one, and while I love Lan and Nynaeve, I don't think the e-book cover really captured the scene or WoT vibe very well.  It just looked like two people underwater, whereas this one is obviously a dramatic scene in a fantasy novel.

I think this one is outstanding. It upgraded two of my least favorite covers to  perhaps my new favorite (The original was wonky and weird [do you even lift Sammael?] and the ebook made Lan look like something that lived in Lake Hogwart).  I think this is the best of the new lot, all of which are excellent.

Personally, I prefer the first edition covers.

Just me.

The new ones are great too.