Let's talk about men, girls

"Never judge a book by its cover." Okay, it's not really about men itself. It's more about book covers. We've heard the above saying tonz of times, right? C'mon, let's be honest. We do judge books by their covers. I know I do. I'm a sucker for a good cover. *lol* I just came from Borders. I bought Kinley MacGregor's Sword of Darkness. But I couldn't help myself. Just look at that cover! Wouldn't you wish to have that man looking at you that way? Oh, I know I'd give ANYTHING to have a handsome man like that one giving such a hot look. *purrs* Admit it. We (mentally) swoon and drool when we see those wonderfully hot male models in the covers. They're the stuff our fantasies are made off. Of course, you all know my pet peeves when it comes to book covers. Badly done ones, like the ones using Poser. If the figures don't look real, I won't buy it. Period. And you all know how I hate it when covers despict the hero and the heroine all wrong. Excuse me? The story says she has red hair, and the model in the cover is blonde. Hello? Red? Yellow? Duh? But let's not talk about that now, ok? If as readers we're affected by the covers, as writers we know that good covers move books. Let's face it, covers make a world of difference. A good book cover means cash in$$$ So my question to you all is this: When the graphic artist of your publisher contacts you to work on the book cover of your story, how do you decide what you want to see in it?