A little dissatisfaction from Smashwords

As you know, I recently decided to publish Alexandra, a complete novel, at Smashwords, the online e-book publisher and sort of agent.  In case you didn't know, Smashwords sells the literature that has been placed in their hands directly, online, but they also market these books to Kindle and Barnes & Noble.  It seems that those efforts are far more lucrative for Smashwords than simply selling their titles on their own site.  They do invest a lot of energy in making their authors conform to standards that these major publishers (Amazon and B & N, and even Apple) have settled on.

Two Choices: Text Only, or Clothed!

My cover for Alexandra, which is not satisfactory, and is a temporary effort (but, of course, Smashwords doesn't know that) depicts two nude women, but a rear view, so that the nudity is barely objectionable.  However, Smashwords is pressing me to remove the cover in favor of one without nudity, because, as they explain, some of their partners (Amazon, or whoever) finds any sort of nudity objectionable.

Well, I have a couple of alternatives.  I can leave the cover the way it is, which will prevent Smashwords from more aggressive marketing of the book.  Or, I could put "clothes" on the women, just as they clothed classic nude sculptures in Victorian times, or I could try harder to find an image that I really want to feature on the cover.  (Or I could just make a cover with only text!  Ugh.)

Feel free to weigh in on which cover you would prefer!  Some of my more conservative (Straight) friends prefer the clothed version, saying that the cover with the nudes suggests that the story is pornographic, which is far from what it is.

Postscript: I worked on this cover (to the detriment of my other responsibilities) and finally came up with a compromise cover.  I don't think it's a patch on the original cover, but if I go through the process one more time, without smudging anything, I think I'll have a decent cover for the book.  What do you think?

Kay B.