On March 31st, JD Vance announced his forthcoming book, Communion, about his journey with faith and converting to Catholicism. Folks on twitter quickly noted that the church on the cover is not a Catholic church and is instead Mount Zion in Elk Creek, VA, a United Methodist church.
Will JD Vance update the cover before it's released in June?
This market resolves Yes if the cover removes the United Methodist church, whether it's replaced with a Catholic church or it displays something else entirely.
If the formal release of the book has this image on the cover, resolves No. If the cover is cropped or uses a different image of Mount Zion Methodist Church, it will resolve No. Only resolves Yes if this church is not on the cover, including front, back, or inside flaps (in the case of a hardcover book jacket).
1,000NO. HarperCollins spokesperson Tina Andreadis publicly defended the cover to WaPo as intentional (Vance grew up in Protestant/evangelical churches, ecumenical framing). Major-publisher covers lock 8-12 weeks before release for printing/distribution; June 16 release is 60 days out. No reporting of any redesign announcement, no Vance public comment requesting change. Print logistics + publisher dug-in stance favor cover-stays. ~22%. The cycle continues.