tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104663352024-03-11T03:29:36.809-05:00The Book Design ReviewThe best -- and sometimes the worst -- of book cover designJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-71895750896159357262010-01-11T18:11:00.009-06:002010-01-11T20:20:26.392-06:00And That, As They Say, Is ThatAfter almost 5 years and 1,112 posts, I've decided to put The BDR on indefinite hiatus.<br /><br />It's been a great ride. I've enjoyed almost every minute of it. But the joy of discovering and sharing has, over the past few months, become the tedium of finding and posting. So it's time to stop. I might resurrect The BDR if it feels right, or I might blog about something else. It's too early to tell.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4hboo0hyphenhyphenSTGE4IQgNchONWkj1TmyqPt1PO8RKA8risOvDMAxueCMQJTf17irxjscqNUnZh-fZiKBW9i4LIghyr5iZWlf0ncOXP9HCElh5jybFqols9GrYD3rn7dyJqf8KZMR/s1600-h/Picture+18.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4hboo0hyphenhyphenSTGE4IQgNchONWkj1TmyqPt1PO8RKA8risOvDMAxueCMQJTf17irxjscqNUnZh-fZiKBW9i4LIghyr5iZWlf0ncOXP9HCElh5jybFqols9GrYD3rn7dyJqf8KZMR/s200/Picture+18.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425671555379649250" /></a> 2009 was a wonderful year, and I can't thank you enough for showing up: a third of a million visits from 190 countries yielded just shy of 640,000 page views. 3 of those visits came from Nuuk, Greenland. Thank you, Nuuk :-)<br /><br />Follow me on Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/thebdr">@theBDR</a>) for book-related (and other) stuff, and satisfy your book design jones over at <a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/">The Casual Optimist</a>, <a href="http://faceoutbooks.com/">Faceout Books</a>, and <a href="http://bookcoverarchive.com/">The Book Cover Archive</a>. Those guys are the best.<br /><br />Again, my heartfelt thanks for 5 fun years. Talk to you soon.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-19135987347212522472010-01-05T08:28:00.002-06:002010-01-05T08:34:46.366-06:00Peeing Hamsters<em>(I'm on vacation this week, so posting will be limited. But I thought it might be fun to re-publish a favorite post and ask again: what book do you really hate?)</em><br /><br />OK, enough of looking at book covers for a day or two. The Guardian's Stuart Evers has written a very, very funny article about "the good side of bad books." It's a hoot, and you should <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/nov/21/bad-novels-fiction">read it now</a>.<br /><br />But then you should come back here and tell us about the one (or two) novels that made you want to set yourself on fire, punch yourself in the face, or question why you learned to read in the first place.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ghTer51H653RtwrF7_svBOFOc-S5bSo33QWWQpcZGzUdx093V3-AU8g5nHh50rNnaNZbQPTo8ZlhiOdfg4hAIc70H2cb-56K7dhFsnTl6_q7pc-guthAC8zPDCGhjJfkMUJc/s1600-h/heinlein.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ghTer51H653RtwrF7_svBOFOc-S5bSo33QWWQpcZGzUdx093V3-AU8g5nHh50rNnaNZbQPTo8ZlhiOdfg4hAIc70H2cb-56K7dhFsnTl6_q7pc-guthAC8zPDCGhjJfkMUJc/s200/heinlein.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271126446987010002" /></a>I'll go first. After being hounded by my sci-fi-inclined friends for years, I read Robert Heinlein's <span style="font-style:italic;">Stranger In A Strange Land</span>. When done, I immediately went out and bought two hamsters and a cage so that something could rip that book apart and pee on it. If there was an editor within 50 miles of that thing, I'll eat my shorts. I'll eat yours too.<br /><br />I'm not anti-science fiction. I don't read a whole bunch of it, but I don't have a problem with it <span style="font-style:italic;">per se</span>. J.G. Ballard holds a special place on my bookshelves. But this book? Ugh. I wish I remembered more about why I hated it so deeply, but I do trust my memory of discomfort and loathing.<br /><br />OK. I'm done. Your turn.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-78539376646940304602009-12-22T06:12:00.002-06:002009-12-22T08:33:11.649-06:00My Favorite Book Covers of 2009In no particular order, here are my favorite book covers of 2009. (And here are the <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-favorites-of-2008.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-favorite-book-covers-of-2007.html">2007</a>, <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-favorites-of-2006.html">2006</a>, and <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2005/11/best-of-year-so-far.html">2005</a> lists.) Titles are linked to the original post, if one exists, and there's a poll. <br /><br />A big thank you to <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/12/favorite-book-covers-of-2009-part-three.html">The Book Table</a>, <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/12/favorite-book-covers-of-2009-part-two.html">RiverRun Bookstore</a>, and <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/favorite-book-covers-of-2009-part-one.html">WORD</a> for their lists.<br /><br />And thank you, readers, for a great '09. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2008/12/great-perhaps.html">The Great Perhaps</a></span>, design by Jamie Keenan:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5kYOCivVMe3U2WA5iDPcXbJekLec-zBmJKnE5TE5TpqpJMx26yM4q6Tbl-P4GY7lxlsDfk2qGwGAWLj2YIvwU7JQdCUNCaCuglu8BIEo-aJTiTDT2eXDJ8b4wk-5eqcVdNM2/s1600-h/meno.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5kYOCivVMe3U2WA5iDPcXbJekLec-zBmJKnE5TE5TpqpJMx26yM4q6Tbl-P4GY7lxlsDfk2qGwGAWLj2YIvwU7JQdCUNCaCuglu8BIEo-aJTiTDT2eXDJ8b4wk-5eqcVdNM2/s400/meno.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417896974211927074" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/double-life-is-twice-as-good.html">The Double Life is Twice as Good</a></span>, design by Rex Bonomelli:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpBAYa11y1J_ggkMUujiJagwxTnQhVhVa6Mt7Tis8-9UCAxtVlIiBWjv8F7-JmvTEcO8G2pH_foirYKGhtJDYbqc2V_5jGBZoAnUeOjxcNja_RuKrmkDGCsnZP_p2aEJ9kxdB/s1600-h/doublelife.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpBAYa11y1J_ggkMUujiJagwxTnQhVhVa6Mt7Tis8-9UCAxtVlIiBWjv8F7-JmvTEcO8G2pH_foirYKGhtJDYbqc2V_5jGBZoAnUeOjxcNja_RuKrmkDGCsnZP_p2aEJ9kxdB/s400/doublelife.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359272790207605458" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Cheers! A History of Beer in Canada</span>, design by David Gee:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07N7QAokfjuY-U9aHZSV6wpW0pzIQghd16t4X2HvQQZx9HO3EE61Evrtdusk2GjL5LzuflBG2Xq1FRJU1ilFwzBZWEueSE-spGnTb903lifc3VlnMt3bV0jTYGMkev7uozceY/s1600-h/cheers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07N7QAokfjuY-U9aHZSV6wpW0pzIQghd16t4X2HvQQZx9HO3EE61Evrtdusk2GjL5LzuflBG2Xq1FRJU1ilFwzBZWEueSE-spGnTb903lifc3VlnMt3bV0jTYGMkev7uozceY/s400/cheers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415913277295704850" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Tiepolo Pink</span>, design by Peter Mendelsund:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIgtovji9nEtOC406bRigFCCKuHnDYGTL4t2Jn-m3m1dswb84FZTWpGNMaQ4-m5_RzVCOokdTX_AvqGRp700-25FO1MgcDgONrocNErK6B5Jvt2OaZsfaKcMkiQz-spKDgkhf/s1600-h/tiepolo_pink.large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIgtovji9nEtOC406bRigFCCKuHnDYGTL4t2Jn-m3m1dswb84FZTWpGNMaQ4-m5_RzVCOokdTX_AvqGRp700-25FO1MgcDgONrocNErK6B5Jvt2OaZsfaKcMkiQz-spKDgkhf/s400/tiepolo_pink.large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415202796019591234" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/penguin-book-of-gaslight-crime.html">The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime</a></span>, illustration by Jaya Miceli:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pjxvQzAmbX5S2Nv0LCoYFDZbSx8kiCWu8ytTS6PVbj1KBMzCPfU0DhAATmzjDJu5TPT1CZMADmBffo20N3rSQIO7tW4KblOjSMQl0Xp66jqdVxQbXsgLhVxnj2X8I09iHgqt/s1600-h/crime.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pjxvQzAmbX5S2Nv0LCoYFDZbSx8kiCWu8ytTS6PVbj1KBMzCPfU0DhAATmzjDJu5TPT1CZMADmBffo20N3rSQIO7tW4KblOjSMQl0Xp66jqdVxQbXsgLhVxnj2X8I09iHgqt/s400/crime.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325665091128264178" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Perforated Heart</span>, design by Jason Heuer (<a href="http://faceoutbooks.com/#21606/Perforated-Heart">some great photos here</a>): <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3DuWtAjmKten0yyFJaexspCfwUQ6Z5oj8yizdUYyDmG0sngJPxQIykeOtpOCp4svIG5lMfmia04p6W9LNxbCi2T7P6cUQdTJntsCKj44uraiqZoB3yyOwptt5JkTag4wh78Q/s1600-h/perforated.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3DuWtAjmKten0yyFJaexspCfwUQ6Z5oj8yizdUYyDmG0sngJPxQIykeOtpOCp4svIG5lMfmia04p6W9LNxbCi2T7P6cUQdTJntsCKj44uraiqZoB3yyOwptt5JkTag4wh78Q/s400/perforated.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417900154129227282" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-of-dead-philosophers.html">The Book of Dead Philosophers</a></span>, design by John Gall:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEDUu0AOJalCjst4tZYV2t8ii2Qo9CUXfV2W0iDAwka1AOxqxSU1rLIQZ_4Gde2ZIt7h1vPkvBNF5KAmT52v9mbhKcn20apy7_8vLc_XED6eoJQMIsFG-uqJKDQ9iR1eSG5EG/s1600-h/dead2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEDUu0AOJalCjst4tZYV2t8ii2Qo9CUXfV2W0iDAwka1AOxqxSU1rLIQZ_4Gde2ZIt7h1vPkvBNF5KAmT52v9mbhKcn20apy7_8vLc_XED6eoJQMIsFG-uqJKDQ9iR1eSG5EG/s400/dead2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300639004311574098" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/experimental-geography.html">Experimental Geography</a></span>, design by Kelly Blair:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1YPwam2GJvFeoXHDEjTJS8q3Oke7D1F92Nl0_YTBOcKH7B0iKJxkp3LcLBJHjbvRcj5NKjpPSp1jdaxBBnckCRk-jFoQPzXQLGvZtii3Enwx8xWPfULA6adm6tPFRVDucaxC/s1600-h/ExperimentalGeographycoverlowres_2008-11-18-14-11-25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1YPwam2GJvFeoXHDEjTJS8q3Oke7D1F92Nl0_YTBOcKH7B0iKJxkp3LcLBJHjbvRcj5NKjpPSp1jdaxBBnckCRk-jFoQPzXQLGvZtii3Enwx8xWPfULA6adm6tPFRVDucaxC/s400/ExperimentalGeographycoverlowres_2008-11-18-14-11-25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297116825167876002" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/05/valkyrie.html">Valkyrie</a></span>, design by Jason Booher (<a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/winfit.pperl?pic_url=%2fcatalog%2fcovers_450%2f9780307270757.jpg">better image here</a>):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBx96g2g1F-6G3rJlomCI7zgD_rWR-lIH9VCkeiRVv8g4bNX7R9MvCvNnvpSjXBR__FUOz71IlA7COnnjBUMWDXEZhyFofGhA_BIufA73F1ERH9FMDbu78IUKu8maxOX98HWp/s1600-h/valkyrie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBx96g2g1F-6G3rJlomCI7zgD_rWR-lIH9VCkeiRVv8g4bNX7R9MvCvNnvpSjXBR__FUOz71IlA7COnnjBUMWDXEZhyFofGhA_BIufA73F1ERH9FMDbu78IUKu8maxOX98HWp/s400/valkyrie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333312500504936210" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/05/k-blows-top.html">K Blows Top</a></span>, design by Pete Garceau:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3op0PgJ35sWRVkvDzJHOQ53Tx7FtkYh6vLwnVx5W25zaIJNyLHugRQrDRw4kLmxZMUaaJ81PsnSaSvX19jdX5v7bZYOugfQG0DUuJOYneI0H3rh5bbuWgN9u9fhxbh_z1tPQI/s1600-h/K.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3op0PgJ35sWRVkvDzJHOQ53Tx7FtkYh6vLwnVx5W25zaIJNyLHugRQrDRw4kLmxZMUaaJ81PsnSaSvX19jdX5v7bZYOugfQG0DUuJOYneI0H3rh5bbuWgN9u9fhxbh_z1tPQI/s400/K.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341262850151407362" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/nineteen-eighty-four-australian.html">Nineteen-Eighty Four</a></span>, UK edition, design by Gray318 (<a href="http://greaterthanorequalto.net/blog/2009/08/1984/">full wrap, etc. here</a>):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYM3iZaJcqDUg4kYokv9Ez0bkN0QlNZcH78ZQL__fD9hBVF_U4SwmGoua09_OS5uUBF4davv1aqpDdVAP-_pmgFLNoblwd9_hSvjnFjp5y-rhmp3vIc3F5C6dNKNGy_DhR6W5/s1600-h/1984.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYM3iZaJcqDUg4kYokv9Ez0bkN0QlNZcH78ZQL__fD9hBVF_U4SwmGoua09_OS5uUBF4davv1aqpDdVAP-_pmgFLNoblwd9_hSvjnFjp5y-rhmp3vIc3F5C6dNKNGy_DhR6W5/s400/1984.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366849307192594722" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/09/impossible-motherhood.html">Impossible Motherhood</a></span>, design by Carin Goldberg:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWiM9ZTfLWtPleJ0kZB5Om1eYiG52DVpC-uKSALQ4SMHIvMPnFXiHdMK3-iT8MepnZp97mWGB3fChDAQJ0TrtzZrb4PDNCZaFQqwEPaajD81TfKKReNAJhX_WWcYQZioqDdJS/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWiM9ZTfLWtPleJ0kZB5Om1eYiG52DVpC-uKSALQ4SMHIvMPnFXiHdMK3-iT8MepnZp97mWGB3fChDAQJ0TrtzZrb4PDNCZaFQqwEPaajD81TfKKReNAJhX_WWcYQZioqDdJS/s400/Picture+12.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384515220808044418" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-be-inappropriate.html">How to Be Inappropriate</a></span>, design by Alvaro Villanueva:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfMQ9MBkWv1iNMhmgOpci5VgR9uOKIJKERXkI9BnfYAK4tQtVnOSbe_UxFGYV6xKPgx1d9QKJAMPgy6NQiRAZRN2Q4x5mLHA-O0KXAa18AS-ChjXtVAhdz9Qm7Q4xlNdRHZMQ/s1600-h/inappropriate.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfMQ9MBkWv1iNMhmgOpci5VgR9uOKIJKERXkI9BnfYAK4tQtVnOSbe_UxFGYV6xKPgx1d9QKJAMPgy6NQiRAZRN2Q4x5mLHA-O0KXAa18AS-ChjXtVAhdz9Qm7Q4xlNdRHZMQ/s400/inappropriate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403091695953855346" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Columbine</span>, design by Henry Sene Yee:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZBJgSJyyocuQ7WB5gZMB3KMUhKp3evEtZhTYMWJ7u_siNWq7Pzy8-dclyPtiAAvNPHGAyqh6zgIJkVwb6zbmYWaEDFANJZjJNC79cRrOGvrjfC4O2Hr-_sjh5bG-NJBmhL6x/s1600-h/columbine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZBJgSJyyocuQ7WB5gZMB3KMUhKp3evEtZhTYMWJ7u_siNWq7Pzy8-dclyPtiAAvNPHGAyqh6zgIJkVwb6zbmYWaEDFANJZjJNC79cRrOGvrjfC4O2Hr-_sjh5bG-NJBmhL6x/s400/columbine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415190445853751234" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Chronic City</span>, UK edition, design by Miriam Rosenbloom:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRcDXewiuw9EBzVjO-JAce5SMqZrRj3Yr-wvOdTjmgrIPPjNRlxmWmUuN_tZEey7aKjPj5QekEyjWbyTHNB05NmpHNQjY1P1d0mAUa8q3HiqJoMbZrVaoF4k7DgMhCpm4XtZ8/s1600-h/CHRONIC-CITY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRcDXewiuw9EBzVjO-JAce5SMqZrRj3Yr-wvOdTjmgrIPPjNRlxmWmUuN_tZEey7aKjPj5QekEyjWbyTHNB05NmpHNQjY1P1d0mAUa8q3HiqJoMbZrVaoF4k7DgMhCpm4XtZ8/s400/CHRONIC-CITY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412984702492672194" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2417789.js"></script><noscript><br /><a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2417789/">Which is your favorite?</a><span style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://www.polldaddy.com">surveys</a>)</span><br /></noscript>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-58745555755120229432009-12-14T00:22:00.009-06:002009-12-14T09:47:03.544-06:00But If We Were Looking at Spines, This Would Be The Best Spine of the YearI didn't want this to get lost in <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/12/favorite-book-covers-of-2009-part-three.html">The Book Table's favorite covers of 2009 post</a>. Jason from The Book Table wrote this; I love it. Jason, <a href="http://mendelsund.com/">have you seen this</a>?<br /><br />"Our assignment was to pick 15 covers and comment on them if we wished. We think the covers speak for themselves, so instead of talking about them, we want to mention what we think was the most amazing piece of book design of the year. As much as we'd like to choose Chip Kidd's design of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Original of Laura</span>, which we loved, or any of the designs done by Chris Ware, Oak Park's very own genius, we think the design of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Hemingses of Monticello</span> is the best design of the year. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bfAquqnDvuD9vNaJ2EZsfY03ZZ-TJRRMmH3I56pbmtL-RU6dc6SSTVADeCxr5SdXq0nN1cdOzSb579O16OA9fcMOwEONo1S_HnSDUJ8BUwrklGd0y2a5_UX2j0YIpYALKzEc/s1600-h/spine.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bfAquqnDvuD9vNaJ2EZsfY03ZZ-TJRRMmH3I56pbmtL-RU6dc6SSTVADeCxr5SdXq0nN1cdOzSb579O16OA9fcMOwEONo1S_HnSDUJ8BUwrklGd0y2a5_UX2j0YIpYALKzEc/s400/spine.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414975519290123442" /></a><br />We know that most books that we sell in the store are sold because of their spine and we know that of the thousands of books in our home, only a few at anytime have their covers displayed. Because of this, we spend a lot of time thinking about spines. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Hemingses of Monticello</span> is the first book that we ever remember seeing that has award medals on the spine. It's a brilliant idea and makes it irresistible to everyone that goes near it."Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-62401159067825864212009-12-13T23:13:00.016-06:002009-12-21T10:57:43.260-06:00Favorite Book Covers of 2009, Part Three: The Book Table, Oak Park, ILThe third and final list of favorite covers from independent booksellers, in this case, hometown favorite <a href="http://www.booktable.net/">The Book Table</a> in Oak Park, Illinois. They've chosen some wonderful covers from small, university and foreign publishers, so help me out with the credits if you can. In most cases, the titles are linked to The Book Table's online store, in case you're in a shopping mood. <br /><br />Again, as in past weeks, there's a poll at the bottom. Vote for your favorite.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Fire-Still-Small-Voice/dp/0224088874/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260770541&sr=8-1">After the Fire, A Still Small Voice</a></span>, designer credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxA6JyYN5LRWET4kfoiK9osjzMdP0FKJhtKFcWZRScj7xeIqSZiLxA2RJXC2ywDOA_QpnP4Q0Gd69xYWk7XbaoynCHfnuGomfQ1USFphyQYltXN84Rw_c_hW4ejttllq7_miB/s1600-h/voice.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxA6JyYN5LRWET4kfoiK9osjzMdP0FKJhtKFcWZRScj7xeIqSZiLxA2RJXC2ywDOA_QpnP4Q0Gd69xYWk7XbaoynCHfnuGomfQ1USFphyQYltXN84Rw_c_hW4ejttllq7_miB/s400/voice.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957709740635922" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9780099502531/Waltenberg">Waltenberg</a></span>, designer credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0D12m4VztHCC43x2xYvNwqiNX5gHggmfa5Vn0kRaVHnJl-MYTl9VsMPtVg-l48OmXkAHsNupV3J5dsE-VR1MqBya0Un6g80MYFaWazqM5jSsVP6YyDVvkDURwNGABmZ7jZ7i/s1600-h/waltenberg.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0D12m4VztHCC43x2xYvNwqiNX5gHggmfa5Vn0kRaVHnJl-MYTl9VsMPtVg-l48OmXkAHsNupV3J5dsE-VR1MqBya0Un6g80MYFaWazqM5jSsVP6YyDVvkDURwNGABmZ7jZ7i/s400/waltenberg.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957715959662418" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780816667451">Never Trust a Thin Cook</a></span>, designer credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRxYNbXDyCRfzAK8Hg9cqxPLDwXQbUMUx0LSM8I7QG5F6yLBfDhH7q-I_8fD5aL-kUal2JlOT5iVmriyOJK-FkNrnmxnjXJ6ePBIxacx7CEi0GjElLuZXu3BKFs6GxF5JMQme/s1600-h/thin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRxYNbXDyCRfzAK8Hg9cqxPLDwXQbUMUx0LSM8I7QG5F6yLBfDhH7q-I_8fD5aL-kUal2JlOT5iVmriyOJK-FkNrnmxnjXJ6ePBIxacx7CEi0GjElLuZXu3BKFs6GxF5JMQme/s400/thin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957702048833074" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Talk-About-When-Running/dp/0099526158/ref=ed_oe_p">What I Talk About When I Talk About Running</a></span>, designer credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUAOgkW3SDkgbbXOMxUq7vmp8xEUhsf20SBCfcTPmb5GTRas0VJMxqL4398JqhKLwimMKhTzHxHZKCPfqt-z4h0P6Ovs-sDvgMOuzf3sB8QZ0TOUWGtIm3-UiGvzPCs7NlTmI/s1600-h/running.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUAOgkW3SDkgbbXOMxUq7vmp8xEUhsf20SBCfcTPmb5GTRas0VJMxqL4398JqhKLwimMKhTzHxHZKCPfqt-z4h0P6Ovs-sDvgMOuzf3sB8QZ0TOUWGtIm3-UiGvzPCs7NlTmI/s400/running.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957699649683666" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143105862">The Prince</a></span>, design by Jaya Miceli:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYMe2edd1amZhxLIdJEsprfv5Of0d5b9RUQeq3pta2dJkbXaoIqDo0SoTCkxnAYnFwo9-qiwgpHikiG4VtjnQ5E0pFkoTKLIlOZkb2TwGEEPlOr2KVje927DAls6ZDeOaLUCT/s1600-h/prince.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYMe2edd1amZhxLIdJEsprfv5Of0d5b9RUQeq3pta2dJkbXaoIqDo0SoTCkxnAYnFwo9-qiwgpHikiG4VtjnQ5E0pFkoTKLIlOZkb2TwGEEPlOr2KVje927DAls6ZDeOaLUCT/s400/prince.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957693982148338" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781587297885">We Saw the Light</a></span>, design and illustration by Brad Norr:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWFbSlhrXG-3F8605LKpCEulOnpBswlrWCqypF3pUsw2QANdsD6cCD3QI4uHa5CxEf2dNDkzVDdIOsOdIivea1w_Q46IMTQdMFFfeCATexxxl9o0C1Rw1gJmzPdyckseE7nU-/s1600-h/light.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWFbSlhrXG-3F8605LKpCEulOnpBswlrWCqypF3pUsw2QANdsD6cCD3QI4uHa5CxEf2dNDkzVDdIOsOdIivea1w_Q46IMTQdMFFfeCATexxxl9o0C1Rw1gJmzPdyckseE7nU-/s400/light.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957521047662050" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780822344759">Land of Necessity</a></span>, design by Heather Hensley:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHU4QycOzIkO_VzRrHbTD0fG5BR-_RAKvfgGVeRFkTetaRJhWd6HsODWJ3euZHsm3zsgXkhC_8WHGie-dRAB1GitrYWarYouETgR3LgiVeV6DAVfijffpLzfOKaBkCULkyjXDz/s1600-h/land.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHU4QycOzIkO_VzRrHbTD0fG5BR-_RAKvfgGVeRFkTetaRJhWd6HsODWJ3euZHsm3zsgXkhC_8WHGie-dRAB1GitrYWarYouETgR3LgiVeV6DAVfijffpLzfOKaBkCULkyjXDz/s400/land.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957509771071586" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780061859410">The Interrogative Mood: A Novel?</a></span>, design by Alison Forner:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQUG5lo2r0cJ3N2j6fp2iDJYaJuk4wvipFVi_KdxRrtWvC-F23XREx93kGsLWC78NEWMkatlznIF12y3K2wbozQ_CsdWdjx0v2YsI0BYk09yjgdEdKlj3nc7sgHmpOELwi1x4/s1600-h/interrogative.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQUG5lo2r0cJ3N2j6fp2iDJYaJuk4wvipFVi_KdxRrtWvC-F23XREx93kGsLWC78NEWMkatlznIF12y3K2wbozQ_CsdWdjx0v2YsI0BYk09yjgdEdKlj3nc7sgHmpOELwi1x4/s400/interrogative.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957506530570850" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780691011868">Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy</a></span>, design credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZsRmhxe6Zaru8vNnEoUgugkw9-YKXK6gPPHqRJhEZf4VTzxnEvR0WvmrhXJoekn9DXOsBYf5t_MDKW_IHvakxSF4gT4I4XvxS1Uz3WMkavT8Y2E99JxGFER43qavyQqV_7R1/s1600-h/hysteria.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZsRmhxe6Zaru8vNnEoUgugkw9-YKXK6gPPHqRJhEZf4VTzxnEvR0WvmrhXJoekn9DXOsBYf5t_MDKW_IHvakxSF4gT4I4XvxS1Uz3WMkavT8Y2E99JxGFER43qavyQqV_7R1/s400/hysteria.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957503496788754" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780805090802">Invisible</a></span>, design by Lisa Fyfe:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNQPUSQBxUr6kxqZ2vTX4-b7ocI2Jm99Jd6rFNK2oQvbzhwRm69IKSua5xqcEAZqlp0giQQl4nF-2jTZUuqVNPGahge7_GcjfCodFP7wOd5aVMfImuAd8Ua1Mrq6dne4FbrEH/s1600-h/auster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNQPUSQBxUr6kxqZ2vTX4-b7ocI2Jm99Jd6rFNK2oQvbzhwRm69IKSua5xqcEAZqlp0giQQl4nF-2jTZUuqVNPGahge7_GcjfCodFP7wOd5aVMfImuAd8Ua1Mrq6dne4FbrEH/s400/auster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957496573534418" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780061915215">Planisphere</a></span>, designer credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXA9U3GOBi6qB1XaAGbfQdeYl83B3h_r77IgmZMgRYdyERL2IK9RFKc30gntDmMS7TyrEYlPL40cNitloY6fuE7QxqLFkN5tvHZHxyDT0hi5T5KOkkPFvkpEC3S2hcJ4CGen-/s1600-h/ashbury.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXA9U3GOBi6qB1XaAGbfQdeYl83B3h_r77IgmZMgRYdyERL2IK9RFKc30gntDmMS7TyrEYlPL40cNitloY6fuE7QxqLFkN5tvHZHxyDT0hi5T5KOkkPFvkpEC3S2hcJ4CGen-/s400/ashbury.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957293847572754" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2009/volkow.html">Arcana & Other Poems</a></span>, design by Tony Frazer, photo by Alex Nikada:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL7AjWiHLyeak6UqK2xqy-1A58ScA_4p6qSfVGnA9Pt9uj9WVulWFc3tUoFQ3xdVy1qmwLCvmzzl_R4Kr9eUwD1Izd-58IKTuAUBwklLayI_M4H9CdHF3GsknASF8ivkmXc6e/s1600-h/arcana.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL7AjWiHLyeak6UqK2xqy-1A58ScA_4p6qSfVGnA9Pt9uj9WVulWFc3tUoFQ3xdVy1qmwLCvmzzl_R4Kr9eUwD1Izd-58IKTuAUBwklLayI_M4H9CdHF3GsknASF8ivkmXc6e/s400/arcana.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957288297349138" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781556528224">Absinthe and Flamethrowers</a></span>, design by Joan Sommers Design:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3rFtX8GqiHi_Q0KYZ18RM8y_2a7aC5UfJU0DXVrpo_Ub03SQKCDcPgp4zNdVOXOgt8BJQARu_56Fa8036bKcRmcFvBQ9SDBvWas_lbzB6WH_qJA21PevM1JiFQe3Mf6bASlN/s1600-h/AbsintheFlamethrowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3rFtX8GqiHi_Q0KYZ18RM8y_2a7aC5UfJU0DXVrpo_Ub03SQKCDcPgp4zNdVOXOgt8BJQARu_56Fa8036bKcRmcFvBQ9SDBvWas_lbzB6WH_qJA21PevM1JiFQe3Mf6bASlN/s400/AbsintheFlamethrowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416628884505777106" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/apachesolr_search/9780307455093">Nineteen Seventy-Seven</a></span>, design by Gregg Kulick:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2GItQNsqwDrU2O2SvwykLNOI1_oSn10YwovzLR6vHCWaXWcB2D10GbNuWZXlKAONyq1HcsSZ1nxkx1auiGUVDNJyUay6mxWmkgHodl6zxfxYvb2RrN2oPMcpzgQWuhyphenhyphenblWua/s1600-h/1977.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2GItQNsqwDrU2O2SvwykLNOI1_oSn10YwovzLR6vHCWaXWcB2D10GbNuWZXlKAONyq1HcsSZ1nxkx1auiGUVDNJyUay6mxWmkgHodl6zxfxYvb2RrN2oPMcpzgQWuhyphenhyphenblWua/s400/1977.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957273552622194" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br /><a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/apachesolr_search/9780307455086"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/apachesolr_search/9780307455093">Nineteen-Seventy Four</a></a></span>, design by Gregg Kulick:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdXUoq-fErf6_jy5WHWyG233BmoKA4x8b9YirDHczrryavLebDCTXGXKks6jcd00rbcs3qqkgHZ-pWZfB-RBGcfPSk1dR55WcmGaflViFMu7HnKrBhzRiaPxJJDvQjYobo5L5/s1600-h/1974.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdXUoq-fErf6_jy5WHWyG233BmoKA4x8b9YirDHczrryavLebDCTXGXKks6jcd00rbcs3qqkgHZ-pWZfB-RBGcfPSk1dR55WcmGaflViFMu7HnKrBhzRiaPxJJDvQjYobo5L5/s400/1974.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414957267201959922" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2383506.js"></script><noscript><br /><a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2383506/">Which cover selected by The Book Table do you like the best?</a><span style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com">polls</a>)</span><br /></noscript>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-25560703180117703362009-12-06T22:00:00.018-06:002009-12-08T14:20:48.765-06:00Favorite Book Covers of 2009, Part Two: RiverRun Bookstore, Portsmouth, NHHere's the second of this year's Favorite Covers of 2009 posts, <a href="http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/">chosen by some of the staff members of RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, NH</a>. Some contributors chose to let the covers speak for themselves, others provided some words about their choices.<br /><br /><a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/favorite-book-covers-of-2009-part-one.html">The first post is here</a>. And like last week, there's a poll.<br /><br />RiverRun's favorites are:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Time</span>, design by Henry Sene Yee:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzO8iAOaKmM4cbo-jy-TuktZNEfZ88NLvHXQpejbtQ9mv58dMH0FaBbc5OVBVk2YoWvGW8ODurxtmoTvCdvXeCVSvnZXhATY_UKwl1HlPn8v-iiWOzUzTWR0CXaz3Y6fEs1o6L/s1600-h/time.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzO8iAOaKmM4cbo-jy-TuktZNEfZ88NLvHXQpejbtQ9mv58dMH0FaBbc5OVBVk2YoWvGW8ODurxtmoTvCdvXeCVSvnZXhATY_UKwl1HlPn8v-iiWOzUzTWR0CXaz3Y6fEs1o6L/s400/time.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346435321451858" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Let the Great World Spin</span>; design by Robbin Schiff & Anna Bauer, drawing by Matteo Pericoli (<a href="http://www.colummccann.com/index1.htm">full wrap over here</a>): "The delicately drawn city cuts a slice in the cover, much like the beautiful slivers of lives inside the book."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPEUn5Or6KoWN0ogFwnRUGHYesRnNVx9AlR9ovlP4TUT6Txr3TcHFvnyd0GnLq7wip63NDTmpoYuDdjnnxD3A0KJ83d0R0TXtdGE68CkwD-s8S_Pd0n-71ebvpftJst-aCAfq/s1600-h/spin.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPEUn5Or6KoWN0ogFwnRUGHYesRnNVx9AlR9ovlP4TUT6Txr3TcHFvnyd0GnLq7wip63NDTmpoYuDdjnnxD3A0KJ83d0R0TXtdGE68CkwD-s8S_Pd0n-71ebvpftJst-aCAfq/s400/spin.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346278775027778" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Death of Bunny Munro</span>, design by Charlotte Strick: "An evil bratty bunny! In no way does this indicate that it will garner a "Bad Sex in a Book" nomination."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRP1H7W8oUUj4hq87s7Rn7TWTPARTbuDJaie9398OfqcUtfiW6iw-Uac0XlR012IWrtQCSw8VOpLUG2VX1J8n8ccxLW2afqmqpbPWhy6tn50I47_p4i1dGlWOmwp55ftwKCJC/s1600-h/bunny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRP1H7W8oUUj4hq87s7Rn7TWTPARTbuDJaie9398OfqcUtfiW6iw-Uac0XlR012IWrtQCSw8VOpLUG2VX1J8n8ccxLW2afqmqpbPWhy6tn50I47_p4i1dGlWOmwp55ftwKCJC/s400/bunny.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412345996331215922" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Animals and Objects In and Out of Water</span>, illustration by Jay Ryan: "Are they animals? Or are they stuffed animals come to life? Are they sweet, or evil, or both??"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FCRoTEbUFjRcxEWHjCZdSN8UH6UNCUqq0uUSoqerfzVpfBbBgUUhd05Nfii5pUtuzNuc8_n3CwwI9UDSYlTBvjlW8Q1jEG63iCXbhCyfvmTmSFlVN-tdcJMxZwmKQNZlFe0b/s1600-h/ryan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FCRoTEbUFjRcxEWHjCZdSN8UH6UNCUqq0uUSoqerfzVpfBbBgUUhd05Nfii5pUtuzNuc8_n3CwwI9UDSYlTBvjlW8Q1jEG63iCXbhCyfvmTmSFlVN-tdcJMxZwmKQNZlFe0b/s400/ryan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412347790884226914" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Yummy</span>, illustration by Lucy Cousins: "Incredibly kinetic, this cover let's you know it's not going to be fairy tale business as usual."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2AwGhfa0fViaU5h1jhjceGFOtnkixUPHKVT5M9JYNXAGC8HOLaxjTaqkI0BwyfcSJVsbWx4t6Qyyjiq9nCFb8Zy4UqKaE8tPY-vwxXEFrGidInkZFJDLxoMQhZKZOhTvbggW/s1600-h/yummy.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2AwGhfa0fViaU5h1jhjceGFOtnkixUPHKVT5M9JYNXAGC8HOLaxjTaqkI0BwyfcSJVsbWx4t6Qyyjiq9nCFb8Zy4UqKaE8tPY-vwxXEFrGidInkZFJDLxoMQhZKZOhTvbggW/s400/yummy.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346451326866322" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Pictorial Webster's</span>, design by John Carrera:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ik2qzbl4WG30oCeSAg7cdWJUhi_P1a7hyfyJSJsCPRYwLXQvtWKrAemOKb2ckEcGO906gK9lJPOqpj87NlS2KECoolpuusDKUGgw5CmW1008twcj3zcr9GOVagNykKchIwLI/s1600-h/webster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ik2qzbl4WG30oCeSAg7cdWJUhi_P1a7hyfyJSJsCPRYwLXQvtWKrAemOKb2ckEcGO906gK9lJPOqpj87NlS2KECoolpuusDKUGgw5CmW1008twcj3zcr9GOVagNykKchIwLI/s400/webster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346442904662594" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Great Perhaps</span>, design by Jamie Keenan:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq1ThNof12-tVV4a_6D3tcG174MRa6_WRJPh10DyxqdMYmYuWZHFLlw700SW6nnixIralTuUC9JsJS0Rv_T1vuqZcSo8kR2v8eb5SG89L7ujdOGwIM3UQY_RkUBEr0p1GORdf/s1600-h/meno.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbq1ThNof12-tVV4a_6D3tcG174MRa6_WRJPh10DyxqdMYmYuWZHFLlw700SW6nnixIralTuUC9JsJS0Rv_T1vuqZcSo8kR2v8eb5SG89L7ujdOGwIM3UQY_RkUBEr0p1GORdf/s400/meno.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346269140062722" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Housekeeper and the Professor</span>, design by Henry Sene Yee (<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZWX05fngUdzvMux7uZ037qwYZdgNtfyojguoM1DLA_bzYHzx3ETGzKTzyUFREZOGr_7nPmkHrlUhx8L6cAnL_3IEbvogYQAKx6efAHFxRAx_57hPxCPn3qmbmlfnSy-V3Ks/s1600-h/Housekeeper-Professor-Wrap.jpg">full wrap here</a>):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8Jyr5qGqTwESAADaQHYjM-vmA9kcouf6suPUtTl1WdE0ZVmQ8A6-uke_ikxNCCGx4Fm7QZ7d7SGykYZ5AgfiuDKRqil740paIPiCsO6HaXpDsOyhrB0SplpAdfHXV4X0HL8Q/s1600-h/housekeeper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8Jyr5qGqTwESAADaQHYjM-vmA9kcouf6suPUtTl1WdE0ZVmQ8A6-uke_ikxNCCGx4Fm7QZ7d7SGykYZ5AgfiuDKRqil740paIPiCsO6HaXpDsOyhrB0SplpAdfHXV4X0HL8Q/s400/housekeeper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346262848929154" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Gone-Away Word</span>, design by Evan Gaffney (<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3635232178_4676b39a72_b.jpg">full wrap here</a>): "Equally as awesome as the fuzzy pink and green hardcover, this zooming orange design perfectly sums up the ride you're taken on."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtKsz2A4BvPgkmviwYewZA9SuKFPTQK9WPNvZ4jPKiYwZ2D1v5IHoDtXBF0ZH1aGtK_QGi8l9M-pTzR8AIuNN-ay9Mhmdb4o0OnMtP2J1syDcDEywTcAr3vZkBVKnQfWdMAnv/s1600-h/gone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtKsz2A4BvPgkmviwYewZA9SuKFPTQK9WPNvZ4jPKiYwZ2D1v5IHoDtXBF0ZH1aGtK_QGi8l9M-pTzR8AIuNN-ay9Mhmdb4o0OnMtP2J1syDcDEywTcAr3vZkBVKnQfWdMAnv/s400/gone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346261935191938" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Chronic City</span>, design by Rodrigo Corral:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRo3LfhC2uTcMjipDD-1NeaZsFTH4-0xz0IS1hVeKkYLHPEOA-J1E8-oITDZVR2FmlZ0phO0Nszy1DKd3dTZuMn-grl9WP_Umu1iZmJrt15FiZUXEMHZ1HKPAkWnsNLdxq8Bs/s1600-h/chronic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRo3LfhC2uTcMjipDD-1NeaZsFTH4-0xz0IS1hVeKkYLHPEOA-J1E8-oITDZVR2FmlZ0phO0Nszy1DKd3dTZuMn-grl9WP_Umu1iZmJrt15FiZUXEMHZ1HKPAkWnsNLdxq8Bs/s400/chronic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412346251670164610" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Beat the Reaper</span>, design by Ploy Siripant:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BelzqXVQJnXNnkCG1bfrzBJcC4ikV5AJlbTz0HuCbRO5L-D4ru-KVASPJuqj8jyN4yA3jD7T8rritocBJUEgcX_DsOTpXQuMibShlIpaXrM41RYA57h45KLWUYeSlPGbaIOI/s1600-h/Beat+the+Reaper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BelzqXVQJnXNnkCG1bfrzBJcC4ikV5AJlbTz0HuCbRO5L-D4ru-KVASPJuqj8jyN4yA3jD7T8rritocBJUEgcX_DsOTpXQuMibShlIpaXrM41RYA57h45KLWUYeSlPGbaIOI/s400/Beat+the+Reaper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412353159442984290" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Bedside Book of Beasts</span>, design by CS Richardson:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Dbgb_GnVa76ylMla5CA2yjdAOblxRIOP0vM0nhhTItpBbxyLNic3PgdeTw7cvDJSaMGT4_0a4NxqunRCuQM345kXVl3bqUVY8nD6_kjQlww9MGdKy5uk29ovOaOjmgjyw4f4/s1600-h/beasts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Dbgb_GnVa76ylMla5CA2yjdAOblxRIOP0vM0nhhTItpBbxyLNic3PgdeTw7cvDJSaMGT4_0a4NxqunRCuQM345kXVl3bqUVY8nD6_kjQlww9MGdKy5uk29ovOaOjmgjyw4f4/s400/beasts.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412345984263944258" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Anthologist</span>, design by Jason J. Heuer: "Simple, elegant, and the plum is actually referred to in the story."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J2K2fpjvPYed-zpq0V1koQRflQncy3Ul6BzFy9gyrgsHFmP7VsuKvKla6CGVh5ekezl-tDp0kxjaSEbZe1_dIKbDuZ-F2Vxjv0DFXvRgJTFWmv68yRngt_CLFp_7eVJBznoW/s1600-h/baker.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J2K2fpjvPYed-zpq0V1koQRflQncy3Ul6BzFy9gyrgsHFmP7VsuKvKla6CGVh5ekezl-tDp0kxjaSEbZe1_dIKbDuZ-F2Vxjv0DFXvRgJTFWmv68yRngt_CLFp_7eVJBznoW/s400/baker.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412345979945696898" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Alphabeasties</span>, design credit to come:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIw3eF1HBFQ-blf2YrjaxEG2_2Omdde_zRviBDUAiuTsZX4RhSDVRREdw7ezzFeLzcaEwW43dMgQRVKkzPohnCmQ49aSPrMKrAe69pjR-exDXJKLRHp5w0RyaDznUNmWoWSy7/s1600-h/alpha.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIw3eF1HBFQ-blf2YrjaxEG2_2Omdde_zRviBDUAiuTsZX4RhSDVRREdw7ezzFeLzcaEwW43dMgQRVKkzPohnCmQ49aSPrMKrAe69pjR-exDXJKLRHp5w0RyaDznUNmWoWSy7/s400/alpha.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412345975068944578" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2350754.js"></script><noscript><br /><a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2350754/">Which cover selected by RiverRun Bookstore do you like best?</a><span style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com">polling</a>)</span><br /></noscript>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-79131135159662079652009-11-30T22:31:00.008-06:002009-12-11T15:12:48.741-06:00Favorite Book Covers of 2009, Part One: WORD, Brooklyn, NYAs announced a few weeks ago, I've asked three independent bookstores to contribute to this year's Favorite Covers of 2009 coverage. Here are the selections from the staff of <a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/">WORD in Brooklyn, NY</a>. Three more lists (including my selections) are on the way.<br /><br />The only guideline I asked the good folks at WORD to follow was to limit their selections to books published this year, so I was glad to see them include some YA and children's books -- I don't get around to discussing either genre very often.<br /><br />I couldn't chase down all the design credits, so if you know something I don't, please set me on the right track so that I can give proper credit for this fantastic work. And of course correct me if I've gotten something wrong.<br /><br />There's a poll at the bottom of the post: vote for your favorite. The top three vote-getting designs from this list will eventually join the other favorites from the upcoming lists in a final poll.<br /><br />Lastly: each title is linked to WORD's online store. Something tickling your fancy? Support indie bookstores and buy from them.<br /><br />WORD's favorite covers of the year, in no particular order, are:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780143105435">Wuthering Heights</a></span>, design by Ruben Toledo: "This is our favorite of the three covers Toledo did for Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWKtjQfXJu1XUdf33N7HXfqH5lisZ_y1HkB8xfOxx3L31Os4k2zqKRxXRt3JIZfLgKZc0gWyr9_4fALLRLtI8gG9F4zOncGimFEJ9nZX1AxVhyphenhyphenvZAnY8g2p-MD2fpuOwnA_Bh/s1600/heights.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWKtjQfXJu1XUdf33N7HXfqH5lisZ_y1HkB8xfOxx3L31Os4k2zqKRxXRt3JIZfLgKZc0gWyr9_4fALLRLtI8gG9F4zOncGimFEJ9nZX1AxVhyphenhyphenvZAnY8g2p-MD2fpuOwnA_Bh/s400/heights.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410108193919099042" /></a><br /><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780141042497"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Sickness Unto Death</span></a>, design by David Pearson: "This is really a shout-out to the entire line-up of the newest installment of the Penguin Great Ideas series, though this is probably our favorite cover of the bunch. These are some of the most irresistible book covers I have ever seen. They're all embossed. Almost everyone who looks at them touches them and then moans ecstatically."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysvk6B3KC-lWE4UD077fiZ5oTeusYtSkY1w4acyfOzXFC-8JJDt5hqoTzFv9vxedz3hVxs3kSoaMZAwWwzzxzp9sxmJMo2BpPeZEUgtpsOfVAAxlDR97v-435wEJKROHfYEhU/s1600/death.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysvk6B3KC-lWE4UD077fiZ5oTeusYtSkY1w4acyfOzXFC-8JJDt5hqoTzFv9vxedz3hVxs3kSoaMZAwWwzzxzp9sxmJMo2BpPeZEUgtpsOfVAAxlDR97v-435wEJKROHfYEhU/s400/death.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410105162947513458" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780143114666">There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby</a></span>, design by Christopher Brand: "This made our top 10 last month, probably solely on the strength of the cover."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sSCvfMpxXpJ7JpEgB_8cQQ19fsKeY3xhpmi4MGIWOG80Y01S1ae9aw7CXEuAEdOjhTbDod2dD74t0Xt0CAryY8_kTdjQgcjCqeOYoYkdjTgj5BMO_DcchtgzLQSpf_iC_mW9/s1600/woman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sSCvfMpxXpJ7JpEgB_8cQQ19fsKeY3xhpmi4MGIWOG80Y01S1ae9aw7CXEuAEdOjhTbDod2dD74t0Xt0CAryY8_kTdjQgcjCqeOYoYkdjTgj5BMO_DcchtgzLQSpf_iC_mW9/s400/woman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409605153818121282" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780679729976">The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov</a></span>, design by Barbara de Wilde: "We love <a href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=11597">the new Nabokov covers</a>, and this is our favorite of the bunch."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRn_cUUC6cncqsTuKen-9Ck8NLGJVfdthXhgQY2yjwEdjmmwCDMAgyuo-43rRMuuXbB9oNmIcIyUruOXEHwm0mwA4AZ6jQ356qb9URMc81T8mRuHpVw4afwyRGKcex4oOW1GP/s1600/nabokov.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRn_cUUC6cncqsTuKen-9Ck8NLGJVfdthXhgQY2yjwEdjmmwCDMAgyuo-43rRMuuXbB9oNmIcIyUruOXEHwm0mwA4AZ6jQ356qb9URMc81T8mRuHpVw4afwyRGKcex4oOW1GP/s400/nabokov.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409603826011467826" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780811218382">Seven Nights</a></span>, design by Rodrigo Corral: "Love this so much that I continually re-display it just to look at it."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jd6n9FJyPo9RE_r6UpE5ZV4h__BymjAbzsLiM62ywuSCKZzmlfcGSmVjxM_TJnnKe35BKsPf0qx72TMCen_kNneNK1w5BbZPcsW5GL-C9eSNoEpw9c5qUDqG3TV6R_MLv_3a/s1600/seven.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jd6n9FJyPo9RE_r6UpE5ZV4h__BymjAbzsLiM62ywuSCKZzmlfcGSmVjxM_TJnnKe35BKsPf0qx72TMCen_kNneNK1w5BbZPcsW5GL-C9eSNoEpw9c5qUDqG3TV6R_MLv_3a/s400/seven.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409596226036019426" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9781416978725">Pure</a></span>, design by Cara Petrus: "a teen novel about purity rings and the girls who wear them (and a girl who breaks her pledge). "<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7mUY9GgyxY9aHA2VZx39ew-XJ3h7R7yyXlMWqOaZg0HFwEP4GpYTl42IVyRIcEo_vR1GOTDxppaAmZq9Sz0TQcgNU93UqMbKUZlwY9bKtapL9Q__eaeDRCKGU3XM0bv9QZG6/s1600/pure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7mUY9GgyxY9aHA2VZx39ew-XJ3h7R7yyXlMWqOaZg0HFwEP4GpYTl42IVyRIcEo_vR1GOTDxppaAmZq9Sz0TQcgNU93UqMbKUZlwY9bKtapL9Q__eaeDRCKGU3XM0bv9QZG6/s400/pure.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410109502549971570" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9781590513392">The Book of Fathers</a></span>: design by John Gall, collage by Nicole Natri: "The men and the arms on the cover are raised. It's possible we just like this because it looks like the art of a former employee. Didn't love it at first, but it has really grown on us since it came in, to the point that now we love it."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSxUTbPEoQenkkBIJ7rjPu9HrrEPJNE9xQ3fHDz0kR38MRshn2O7V3a3GN_ncR9MTEeng2_J42mazCw4X6TXldRJjN-58YkVvo1iF4FxlIuS3yZJ13gTlQVr0UIEsJPSUMIPR/s1600/word1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSxUTbPEoQenkkBIJ7rjPu9HrrEPJNE9xQ3fHDz0kR38MRshn2O7V3a3GN_ncR9MTEeng2_J42mazCw4X6TXldRJjN-58YkVvo1iF4FxlIuS3yZJ13gTlQVr0UIEsJPSUMIPR/s400/word1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409526532373688322" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br /><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780307279309">Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image</a></span>; design by Mark Abrams, cover image by Jim Fitzpatrick, original photo by Alberto Korda: "There could be no better cover for a book about history's most reproduced image."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pgVIMjunzojXAll7aomLjSpju17oR0uFDXpNcrIHJdSCTfMINS136Fc-DpLAsYp8Atx6AjT-l4NoxFvn0b2UsfSoQlMP6_Lv8q9bmUPf29C1oRfBn0bKaQgwjhW6p1qocjff/s1600/che.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pgVIMjunzojXAll7aomLjSpju17oR0uFDXpNcrIHJdSCTfMINS136Fc-DpLAsYp8Atx6AjT-l4NoxFvn0b2UsfSoQlMP6_Lv8q9bmUPf29C1oRfBn0bKaQgwjhW6p1qocjff/s400/che.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410110760756657666" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780307272096">The Children's Book</a></span>, design by Stephen Parker, "adapted by Gabrielle Wilson" (per the jacket): "A beautiful cover that only gets more beautiful after you've read the book."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeJlZDk3XNYGDvKrio3rDDjwNyMTSd6EuOGakho4vqfdKOdWmVRkXXquLlrL4AnpjKOU3XxPS6VbvnNMHCHnsIJwlFsxNXXBAs977WRw42bUj8NcFUqrVHMXA1GWLL1XWtpdu/s1600/byatt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeJlZDk3XNYGDvKrio3rDDjwNyMTSd6EuOGakho4vqfdKOdWmVRkXXquLlrL4AnpjKOU3XxPS6VbvnNMHCHnsIJwlFsxNXXBAs977WRw42bUj8NcFUqrVHMXA1GWLL1XWtpdu/s400/byatt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409528360929855986" /></a><br />(I snapped this to show some of the detail; <a href="http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/teach/large/slide_04.jpg">there's a much better photo here</a>):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYN9VzxTh8kpI4h3hSz9QGO5KiyWazPdAvSmd3MfEY2lAW_vyfhWWMCmRTCGXr3Glm91UmWpGjObrf1U6hHY_OHzxoEhkubY7KGOqXbTOZiFM_09JhPVyKtSvWDVFqZ_NmFYQY/s1600/Picture+16.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYN9VzxTh8kpI4h3hSz9QGO5KiyWazPdAvSmd3MfEY2lAW_vyfhWWMCmRTCGXr3Glm91UmWpGjObrf1U6hHY_OHzxoEhkubY7KGOqXbTOZiFM_09JhPVyKtSvWDVFqZ_NmFYQY/s320/Picture+16.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410118658816840130" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9781416569909">The City Out My Window</a></span>: "The only die-cut we will ever like in this store (we hate die cuts because they inevitably rip on the floor, no matter what you do with them, and then nobody wants to buy them). But this one is thick cardboard, and obviously a perfect choice of a book of window pictures."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6sRtILe-Qm8HthSgTTR3gmbCDYqxAsKYGakkuEXVXkDqIdiEFkx8-J3smWXV0jUMIKFZPE1fkVmO1fwM6QRvZsQf7HiK4EP0FqnFFSXojmfAdM06zJUAY47OIy8hMRwulNXn/s1600/city.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6sRtILe-Qm8HthSgTTR3gmbCDYqxAsKYGakkuEXVXkDqIdiEFkx8-J3smWXV0jUMIKFZPE1fkVmO1fwM6QRvZsQf7HiK4EP0FqnFFSXojmfAdM06zJUAY47OIy8hMRwulNXn/s400/city.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409529174884997330" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780547085975">The End of Food</a></span>, design by Mark Robinson: "Love when the paperback is way better than <a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780618606238">the hardcover</a>." <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6Us2m1J-97tqB6kVNyz4LpTC7PE0e-TPHe0HjfKmeiMZ9Ly4NUimlyK62PD5k9CadrBrOGF6vehGD50qRbYhaiN6KElnNk9ZNQZ3GgO-wLzA5bXB_n-75iXu5eBI8wgDXB5n/s1600/Roberts_THE-END-OF-FOOD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6Us2m1J-97tqB6kVNyz4LpTC7PE0e-TPHe0HjfKmeiMZ9Ly4NUimlyK62PD5k9CadrBrOGF6vehGD50qRbYhaiN6KElnNk9ZNQZ3GgO-wLzA5bXB_n-75iXu5eBI8wgDXB5n/s400/Roberts_THE-END-OF-FOOD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410372967336162354" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780316013567">The Lion and the Mouse</a></span>, designer by Saho Fuji: "Not sure if this one counts, but we love it."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnk9p8z4rKiVvuMdNiGndbn3DT1Cwe1qoLTJlwZIvQKOd8nRPpBkuuJoHdOeh7U8NYF1oYYcu5RFDd1CVVCj0TdoRQoLExS5g3XXiHoR1ZfA_4Mobbh5H6WZQm0nz1S_vQm29/s1600/lion.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnk9p8z4rKiVvuMdNiGndbn3DT1Cwe1qoLTJlwZIvQKOd8nRPpBkuuJoHdOeh7U8NYF1oYYcu5RFDd1CVVCj0TdoRQoLExS5g3XXiHoR1ZfA_4Mobbh5H6WZQm0nz1S_vQm29/s400/lion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409530912816125298" /></a><br /><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9781933372747"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Most Beautiful Book in the World</span></a>, design by Emanuele Ragnisco: "Even though it feels kind of busy on this cover, the image is just so great."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpXH1Z8HuXe3fIcZM6-gJ6eqGasz9uRUNK8qyZ846QNxmsjztRAdUDr5TAMQJqELIvIS0STOCoRFBXyejQjbrEvW8l5Gdt3VTbMv1phGR-PW_F_7b6isMCHyQBIfBrjC1otwd/s1600/beautiful.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpXH1Z8HuXe3fIcZM6-gJ6eqGasz9uRUNK8qyZ846QNxmsjztRAdUDr5TAMQJqELIvIS0STOCoRFBXyejQjbrEvW8l5Gdt3VTbMv1phGR-PW_F_7b6isMCHyQBIfBrjC1otwd/s400/beautiful.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409593652721698626" /></a><br /><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/book/9780618966202"><span style="font-style:italic;">Never Smile At A Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember</span></a>, design by Scott Magoon, illustration by Steve Jenkins: "Even though it kinda scares me."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_8AvBq1-TUeSA6FB7r1y1fwFomRiO2wc7qb9NJHEqbs4lh0a2WR9mSyTC7oi460U0VfAQq-WAfh9CNkX-UzRATven2YM_eXLbXmYCLMXDbmat9jm8aIOcjQVHwMrIWqL5viK/s1600/monkey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_8AvBq1-TUeSA6FB7r1y1fwFomRiO2wc7qb9NJHEqbs4lh0a2WR9mSyTC7oi460U0VfAQq-WAfh9CNkX-UzRATven2YM_eXLbXmYCLMXDbmat9jm8aIOcjQVHwMrIWqL5viK/s320/monkey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410311455269513266" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2324158.js"></script><noscript><br /><a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2324158/">Which cover selected by WORD do you like best?</a><span style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://www.polldaddy.com">survey</a>)</span><br /></noscript>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-26540603579582402642009-11-30T06:07:00.001-06:002009-11-30T10:55:05.606-06:00Carrion Comfort<span style="font-style:italic;">Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio<br />Photograph by Ken Rosenthal</span><br /><br />The first of this year's favorite covers posts will appear tonight (I have to chase down a few design credits). In the meantime, feast on this, before it feasts on you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JDxl_SJ-7pvtKT39Zg_a-VcMVBrmyLVWqlrTMYuxgtHSaTBd8nvYRiqjr3-zzRPC2CQvhj5Fi3GSpRpe662Fi_ZUlYTqO3pBdNxYihHrp-39FpI6gxDInkRjXKC-Sh2Fsq-N/s1600/carrion.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JDxl_SJ-7pvtKT39Zg_a-VcMVBrmyLVWqlrTMYuxgtHSaTBd8nvYRiqjr3-zzRPC2CQvhj5Fi3GSpRpe662Fi_ZUlYTqO3pBdNxYihHrp-39FpI6gxDInkRjXKC-Sh2Fsq-N/s400/carrion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409915829232876018" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-32722934194085149782009-11-27T11:12:00.005-06:002009-11-27T11:48:23.542-06:00Now That We're Done Gorging Ourselves...Thin is in.<br /><br />(<span style="font-style:italic;">The Pattern in the Carpet</span> designed by Martha Kennedy; <span style="font-style:italic;">Changing My Mind</span> designed by Richard Bravery and illustrated by Si Scott; <span style="font-style:italic;">Memoir</span> designed by Rodgrigo Corral and illustrated by Corral and Ben Wiseman)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5OWTdNHhpBDlUCVyGg69WlpH8luf_8Pj6d8VVuSiZeK36-Sa3dAzsOzMv4ofLziVuOO9azaC6xhqdw-rWe9XOrzDcT1aCpqVs1zWrU0Ufq__sA2U0FyGorydZfAtFzbb7tDZ/s1600/thin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5OWTdNHhpBDlUCVyGg69WlpH8luf_8Pj6d8VVuSiZeK36-Sa3dAzsOzMv4ofLziVuOO9azaC6xhqdw-rWe9XOrzDcT1aCpqVs1zWrU0Ufq__sA2U0FyGorydZfAtFzbb7tDZ/s400/thin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408832555102599666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYol7sh0ltQyz-CcnAoQ9wQ0UTHl6PuKOE_DhjW2yPrmCcpb4hMckrs9ZSFdbcbW_eZTjAGaKKMHM7_1qt6w0tvUlC5lNpXFDdQPOs0c-4O4M2guH-1IGqzQ7UnM24cjx73-iM/s1600/thin2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYol7sh0ltQyz-CcnAoQ9wQ0UTHl6PuKOE_DhjW2yPrmCcpb4hMckrs9ZSFdbcbW_eZTjAGaKKMHM7_1qt6w0tvUlC5lNpXFDdQPOs0c-4O4M2guH-1IGqzQ7UnM24cjx73-iM/s400/thin2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408833930694696466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HG8LEATiG7pvCsTAzrUtrz8BT1vQtnI_-8n1ee_ze5SJUPdDGiR8DWCD0mSgPjdul5s_jTxoYKIprd6rZ9VI8_K4dAVxEdOF4Nnha9cr1JozJ04D4KsU0r8l1nKD-zXlQvzh/s1600/thin3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HG8LEATiG7pvCsTAzrUtrz8BT1vQtnI_-8n1ee_ze5SJUPdDGiR8DWCD0mSgPjdul5s_jTxoYKIprd6rZ9VI8_K4dAVxEdOF4Nnha9cr1JozJ04D4KsU0r8l1nKD-zXlQvzh/s400/thin3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408832563213418690" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-42599960172393189852009-11-25T10:54:00.004-06:002009-11-25T10:59:50.589-06:00I Am Thankful For...Dionne Warwick riding on top of a big turkey balloon.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-EcdLDOurY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-EcdLDOurY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving. Back on Monday with <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/something-new-for-this-years-favorite.html">the first round of this year's favorite covers</a>, as selected by the staff of <a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/">WORD Books</a>.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-57673772301305198252009-11-24T06:21:00.001-06:002009-11-27T11:39:43.416-06:00Cash vs. Zeppelin<span style="font-style:italic;">A Heartbeat and a Guitar designed by Shepard Fairey<br />When Giants Walked the Earth designed by Orion Books</span><br /><br />I don't do snarky very well, but on the way to see the new Shepard Fairey-designed book about Johnny Cash, I saw this new clearly-not-designed-by-Shepard Fairey book about Led Zeppelin. You get what you pay for.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOMB50jvQHw8o_5bHKYEEgbD8lS_-dqsWJ3AgimNQRqOXNbn87VzqJ_rGsz7CUgUW2rzQddiPlzJw4aXs2MclcE-jFaYZ69ev8NOq5Dkea1ER8WiGunVdi9Gy1kojKHfzFDz6/s1600/cash.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOMB50jvQHw8o_5bHKYEEgbD8lS_-dqsWJ3AgimNQRqOXNbn87VzqJ_rGsz7CUgUW2rzQddiPlzJw4aXs2MclcE-jFaYZ69ev8NOq5Dkea1ER8WiGunVdi9Gy1kojKHfzFDz6/s400/cash.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405155058908496386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ_n68KEDlGNI60mmwWgkMwbcOMkBOGaQ9yw9AeM1MHb8ttOeH78ylKDDgNv7d7vY-Sq9My3f4zbVfYJBWgHgki8Su8ds2Cp0ia1EQXqN9vTke3UBguHwZVTpkkv2PGki3jWG/s1600/giants.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQ_n68KEDlGNI60mmwWgkMwbcOMkBOGaQ9yw9AeM1MHb8ttOeH78ylKDDgNv7d7vY-Sq9My3f4zbVfYJBWgHgki8Su8ds2Cp0ia1EQXqN9vTke3UBguHwZVTpkkv2PGki3jWG/s400/giants.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405155063303941810" /></a><br /><br />UPDATE: Orion Creative Director Lucie Stericker was nice enough to point out that images of all four members have been produced as posters; here's everyone else:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHWa2PeWPiEwDl9OWKV1YfUiRrFfE8do0UmRs5yydw9DGh_7n24ikFLYFMm6yU0DEymCP_ED5k55h6q3P68wBiRpBItBbLMLcM2u4k6SFPR16r5QYtxKH5tFYPbtatCXhNcFp/s1600/Picture+15.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHWa2PeWPiEwDl9OWKV1YfUiRrFfE8do0UmRs5yydw9DGh_7n24ikFLYFMm6yU0DEymCP_ED5k55h6q3P68wBiRpBItBbLMLcM2u4k6SFPR16r5QYtxKH5tFYPbtatCXhNcFp/s200/Picture+15.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408838572699159394" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYctVloFXabqZZDV-hJ1MqKK-8KlLWwCg4_KrWnjerOyEcHe8K1CDocJKc37pfhBnzT2BfMzrzoFx-F-3TKurJT7_SB3sh2DIax50SETeeDlyTKuuJTUvTbyEozjwSphoXZqhV/s1600/Picture+14.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYctVloFXabqZZDV-hJ1MqKK-8KlLWwCg4_KrWnjerOyEcHe8K1CDocJKc37pfhBnzT2BfMzrzoFx-F-3TKurJT7_SB3sh2DIax50SETeeDlyTKuuJTUvTbyEozjwSphoXZqhV/s200/Picture+14.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408838571200675842" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9O8qvWfhUXDquP4EKz4HiQCGbtIiWzrZazbO5duZOEWe-hbWT477jD7-4mVQC7xaE05nYUfbuvBqvDpEQzdE1Lk6u-B5BkQSX2a_aZLjhvjDBgEz0RhX4AG9EG8tfAG6Wko4P/s1600/Picture+13.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9O8qvWfhUXDquP4EKz4HiQCGbtIiWzrZazbO5duZOEWe-hbWT477jD7-4mVQC7xaE05nYUfbuvBqvDpEQzdE1Lk6u-B5BkQSX2a_aZLjhvjDBgEz0RhX4AG9EG8tfAG6Wko4P/s200/Picture+13.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408838558945357746" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-36174835592250294102009-11-19T07:00:00.001-06:002009-11-19T11:22:21.300-06:00Something New for This Year's Favorite Covers PostEach year since the BDR started, I've written a "my favorites of the year" post (here are the <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-favorites-of-2008.html">2008</a>, <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-favorite-book-covers-of-2007.html">2007</a>, <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2006/12/my-favorites-of-2006.html">2006</a>, and <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2005/11/best-of-year-so-far.html">2005</a> lists.)<br /><br />This year, I've got something different in mind.<br /><br />I've asked the staffs of three independent bookstores to contribute a list of their 10-15 favorite book covers and jackets of 2009. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they pick. It's a big, big publishing world, so I'm hoping their involvement helps reveal the wide range of fantastic design out there.<br /><br />Here are the participants and the dates on which their selections will appear:<br /><br /><a href="http://wordbrooklyn.indiebound.com/">WORD</a>, Brooklyn, NY: Monday, Nov 30<br /><a href="http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/">RiverRun Bookstore</a>, Portsmouth, NH: Monday, Dec 7<br /><a href="http://www.booktable.net/">The Book Table</a>, Oak Park, IL: Monday, Dec 14<br /><br />I've run a poll the last two years, and based on the large number of people who voted for their favorite, I think I'll do that again. Perhaps I'll take the top three for each store's list (as voted by you) and put them all into a super duper mega poll. <br /><br />Does this sound fun?Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-62606623840645470152009-11-17T21:48:00.011-06:002009-11-18T09:32:26.869-06:00In Cold Blood, Magnum Collection Edition (and a few others)BDR reader Cynthia pointed this out to me this morning; it's one of six in the <a href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/pubsetpages/magnumcollection/index.html">Penguin Magnum Collection</a> published earlier this year. Click for a much larger version -- and note the removable sticker. Cool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JyJ0K6Zi5sxVugdWT49v3mJ91yAuCbWja95TQvKB97559PCYGaWw39Vb12G4wkw6D3Lhyphenhyphena0TlzLqYVo_wAUDFzIFVSHPufOPf043N93AMoZK7WgIwowem2Xw-JQwvvkaSeHs/s1600/spread.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JyJ0K6Zi5sxVugdWT49v3mJ91yAuCbWja95TQvKB97559PCYGaWw39Vb12G4wkw6D3Lhyphenhyphena0TlzLqYVo_wAUDFzIFVSHPufOPf043N93AMoZK7WgIwowem2Xw-JQwvvkaSeHs/s320/spread.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405306756576518530" /></a><br />Penguin has published a number of different editions over the years; here's a few. The first is designed by David Pelham (1970); the second is uncredited and is from 1966. (The first two images are from <span style="font-style:italic;">Seven Hundred Penguins</span>.) Anyone know anything about the last two?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74go7Gz6elkdWE5NQHO-YifYBnAaW8o1sUCuMdb8aeWkkEfgQy8kNMjuOJ0LCuoMGDLoQJTz6Uymt7DdekUaph0MVaTqdi0yyRtppFYzSLupb2WwiLiA2WeXJRHRR1PEoxZz1/s1600/cold2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74go7Gz6elkdWE5NQHO-YifYBnAaW8o1sUCuMdb8aeWkkEfgQy8kNMjuOJ0LCuoMGDLoQJTz6Uymt7DdekUaph0MVaTqdi0yyRtppFYzSLupb2WwiLiA2WeXJRHRR1PEoxZz1/s400/cold2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405293416460496722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVdOOZvwaMNfq_DfWGioUdKatSFxi69kqzDT57yemg0VMUKs8DpLsgslEUxWY265u5hSHkZ4egWrwR_LryO2nqkkbQw6GzdTxhm51AeEup01lyn-Zd4h2Bp7ZkN9M56h1D2Fz/s1600/cold_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVdOOZvwaMNfq_DfWGioUdKatSFxi69kqzDT57yemg0VMUKs8DpLsgslEUxWY265u5hSHkZ4egWrwR_LryO2nqkkbQw6GzdTxhm51AeEup01lyn-Zd4h2Bp7ZkN9M56h1D2Fz/s400/cold_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405293412896160818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj7HR0tZ-Bsi37LqOcWNNzccfTHEdSxcknE83u9anrmIRGovIizdEjK1rjFM3zP7cA_v8WhRdVtrhFyzQRkbt9p6McZD3Hc0KEiGBlE5POO9yfmrnCDgJJwDBcXgbnRheLFFl/s1600/capote_uk_2000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHj7HR0tZ-Bsi37LqOcWNNzccfTHEdSxcknE83u9anrmIRGovIizdEjK1rjFM3zP7cA_v8WhRdVtrhFyzQRkbt9p6McZD3Hc0KEiGBlE5POO9yfmrnCDgJJwDBcXgbnRheLFFl/s400/capote_uk_2000.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405285701453601986" /></a><br />Illustration by Andy Bridge:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCub_xSR2_s7f2G5qbZSz9-xY0eP2RPUFc_NDbnknuWA7Eny7e2nc8XLsfLMZO4V40wtqLI_r5XIhpz8KhFDFA_8Q1CShI2gazH4KndjjB1iw-KCQv6Lp-pvl99cduQC7Kcw1y/s1600/In-Cold-Blood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCub_xSR2_s7f2G5qbZSz9-xY0eP2RPUFc_NDbnknuWA7Eny7e2nc8XLsfLMZO4V40wtqLI_r5XIhpz8KhFDFA_8Q1CShI2gazH4KndjjB1iw-KCQv6Lp-pvl99cduQC7Kcw1y/s400/In-Cold-Blood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405285699430393778" /></a><br />UPDATE: I missed this one, designed by S. Neil Fujita. (Read about the hatpin and Capote's reaction to it <a href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/waxing-chromatic-an-interview-with-s-neil-fujita">here</a>):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWplgMiAhLp3SnmVlSeg4a6XlooXk7qIFJ8De680RNqfSKX3Q5RPNHG2wcMgrwO6u3jRJ0SoR0kyS3rtznpUWv1kIxkod_OLEdqCwkgfRyVrl89fkzkZfcbqAN_z_pB1berfU/s1600/coldblood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWplgMiAhLp3SnmVlSeg4a6XlooXk7qIFJ8De680RNqfSKX3Q5RPNHG2wcMgrwO6u3jRJ0SoR0kyS3rtznpUWv1kIxkod_OLEdqCwkgfRyVrl89fkzkZfcbqAN_z_pB1berfU/s400/coldblood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405463990749807570" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-15663525963813161832009-11-15T12:47:00.003-06:002009-11-15T12:58:03.991-06:00On the RoadApologies for the lack of activity here; I'm traveling on business. Regular posting should resume in a few days, hopefully with an announcement about 2009's favorites of the year post. It's going to be very different, and hopefully entertaining for y'all.<br /><br />Off to eat more <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-puerta-san-diego">carne asada fries</a>...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtAHZ8x-VNkLC_Yih55MZywD_HCqF00GPn1RwbMLQJKeF5svAFE3yswZnKmTPLOs45YD64xDWq75ffszpZgdmlpvr3-P6xjEWNeNZIM8-KZmyB7glxwNWty2gprBN3pDf_NKh/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtAHZ8x-VNkLC_Yih55MZywD_HCqF00GPn1RwbMLQJKeF5svAFE3yswZnKmTPLOs45YD64xDWq75ffszpZgdmlpvr3-P6xjEWNeNZIM8-KZmyB7glxwNWty2gprBN3pDf_NKh/s400/photo(5).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404404017837781874" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-12929530350511556162009-11-11T23:54:00.004-06:002009-11-13T20:04:17.905-06:00How to Be Inappropriate<span style="font-style:italic;">Design by Alvaro Villanueva</span><br /><br />This is so spot on: it really is inappropriate to forgo a belt when wearing a nice pair of trousers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfMQ9MBkWv1iNMhmgOpci5VgR9uOKIJKERXkI9BnfYAK4tQtVnOSbe_UxFGYV6xKPgx1d9QKJAMPgy6NQiRAZRN2Q4x5mLHA-O0KXAa18AS-ChjXtVAhdz9Qm7Q4xlNdRHZMQ/s1600-h/inappropriate.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfMQ9MBkWv1iNMhmgOpci5VgR9uOKIJKERXkI9BnfYAK4tQtVnOSbe_UxFGYV6xKPgx1d9QKJAMPgy6NQiRAZRN2Q4x5mLHA-O0KXAa18AS-ChjXtVAhdz9Qm7Q4xlNdRHZMQ/s400/inappropriate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403091695953855346" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-17379146455070287602009-11-10T21:33:00.015-06:002009-11-11T11:16:12.240-06:00Not Everyone Loves the New Nabokov EditionsLots of folks are talking about <a href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=11597">the John Gall-curated Nabokov redesigns</a>. And well they should -- it's not often that we see an author's entire body of work redesigned by such an impressive cadre of designers.<br /><br />Three days before Gall posted the series at <a href="http://www.designobserver.com">Design Observer</a>, though, a BDR reader wrote in about the "best Nabokov cover I've ever seen--blows the sh**ty Vintage/Random House motif out of the water." His words, not mine. Here's what he sent in (source <a href="http://thekarin.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/abscence-and-literature/">here</a>); if anyone's got any info on this cover, please pass it along. <br /><br />(UPDATE: "(the designer is) Jerzy Faczynski, a well-known Polish ex-pat who not only did book design, but built a few churches, painted watercolors, made prints, and fought wars. He died, I believe, in 1994.")<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjar1t0QrwGYHoA8g9EzAr5q6ORMzuSYmw5AsEA__E0efJuOaUtj6G6o00vTBg6kJCwTAyGat8Fu_HqmCmjayn84ADH6yAoQF65jHqW0CmICeSesri6_U0ALFgLnkjNWPVDZLZ0/s1600-h/nabokov_pnin_uk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjar1t0QrwGYHoA8g9EzAr5q6ORMzuSYmw5AsEA__E0efJuOaUtj6G6o00vTBg6kJCwTAyGat8Fu_HqmCmjayn84ADH6yAoQF65jHqW0CmICeSesri6_U0ALFgLnkjNWPVDZLZ0/s400/nabokov_pnin_uk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402686335695348994" /></a><br />Here's Carin Goldberg's new cover for <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pnin">Pnin</a></span>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3moWKJGqAQmo1vyFXazC8NpfZ87co0cZzqow4Cv08Rf3aFsVoOb6DUCdy5K6gELBdvvG5BaPKZO-87zAo_GafR8oSqg_1OgiQbgx2UGPcJdwXk7LAic3C6GnjNX_ElVf_qt-q/s1600-h/Pnin.goldberg.m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3moWKJGqAQmo1vyFXazC8NpfZ87co0cZzqow4Cv08Rf3aFsVoOb6DUCdy5K6gELBdvvG5BaPKZO-87zAo_GafR8oSqg_1OgiQbgx2UGPcJdwXk7LAic3C6GnjNX_ElVf_qt-q/s400/Pnin.goldberg.m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402686336400278514" /></a><br />Oh, and what the heck: via Wikipedia, here's another:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRf7PgNVnvTFKpCPRSWYb1Zmcvft9UDIzzFBBTGEoTmfk0yUXZ4VWyMjgg9JC6j_FpiV67i3V0Ob-71H7ExgSGTWgKbwgtDT3F0utQrEXmy_pUXyC-oFFBSp52CWEHkLAtNyO/s1600-h/Pnin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRf7PgNVnvTFKpCPRSWYb1Zmcvft9UDIzzFBBTGEoTmfk0yUXZ4VWyMjgg9JC6j_FpiV67i3V0Ob-71H7ExgSGTWgKbwgtDT3F0utQrEXmy_pUXyC-oFFBSp52CWEHkLAtNyO/s400/Pnin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402719588564009074" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-53446619439243824682009-11-08T22:19:00.005-06:002009-11-09T09:56:29.412-06:00This Time Is Different<span style="font-style:italic;">Design by Karl Spurzem</span><br /><br />Having just watched the season finale of <span style="font-style:italic;">Mad Men</span>, it's hard not to think of that show's opening credit sequence when looking at this cover for an examination of financial crises.<br /><br />As series creator <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqX_WMNi_gM&feature=PlayList&p=29C92FE0C1BEECC2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7">Matthew Weiner states (at about 2:15) when talking about the sequence</a>, "American businessman jumps out the window, that is a statement...it's part of our iconography."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlP5FpSACeb_SBkXt6oiYE5Uh1r54IAX-SSFg7btO6BSNa2ejSFvGF1DPpM2MfaIffhzmsrpIt4WcCVA1w2I0cF9qZlXM8QdGQikBWhgvVdIsRgEpsTYRcIHMDQ53OMrG6ReYU/s1600-h/Reinhart_Rogoff_This_Time.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlP5FpSACeb_SBkXt6oiYE5Uh1r54IAX-SSFg7btO6BSNa2ejSFvGF1DPpM2MfaIffhzmsrpIt4WcCVA1w2I0cF9qZlXM8QdGQikBWhgvVdIsRgEpsTYRcIHMDQ53OMrG6ReYU/s400/Reinhart_Rogoff_This_Time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401953749550940386" border="0"></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-31725614980034579292009-11-05T23:03:00.003-06:002009-11-05T23:19:48.163-06:00Five for Friday, 11.06.2009<span style="font-style:italic;">Perfect Rigor; design by Martha Kennedy:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLudfX0wS8mRCOqfpIO3mB0BaXviajBcXSaH5O-AkG1OQTKS22NjSptrAzWf8pTvjF9M6TChf0q-yUpeCPett0UJeh1wRJS4qtcYtoHQoA51hoPcKbx0Sa63z2NNMxb5lTGvo/s1600-h/rigor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLudfX0wS8mRCOqfpIO3mB0BaXviajBcXSaH5O-AkG1OQTKS22NjSptrAzWf8pTvjF9M6TChf0q-yUpeCPett0UJeh1wRJS4qtcYtoHQoA51hoPcKbx0Sa63z2NNMxb5lTGvo/s400/rigor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400845754857925122" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Cockroach; design by Albert Tang:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP76IkzlX0UjfoySpvj4hm2n5iV5Qp19qV-elEjZXJJkOuqNAtYg37JTKm-VR2ZGb9apwBuQn_IReAdv6IDwRWX9hSUo4KbWm8EsPcr6U8NvmYLw17vpVodl6JJCOj7oGbUKMT/s1600-h/roach.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP76IkzlX0UjfoySpvj4hm2n5iV5Qp19qV-elEjZXJJkOuqNAtYg37JTKm-VR2ZGb9apwBuQn_IReAdv6IDwRWX9hSUo4KbWm8EsPcr6U8NvmYLw17vpVodl6JJCOj7oGbUKMT/s400/roach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400720161002106594" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights; design by Jaya Miceli:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWToWwvHDnTyW9A4wQxcjWa3t86qJitDWV4NNG2y2_P8nYAn0gG37KqGsyVzhc4Y0RkpFKLI7WWFOLrm5O35TvOYvCWnASnE052sOy7OizRTgxQ4UOGtaOxd7kowcuhDeS_GCP/s1600-h/king.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWToWwvHDnTyW9A4wQxcjWa3t86qJitDWV4NNG2y2_P8nYAn0gG37KqGsyVzhc4Y0RkpFKLI7WWFOLrm5O35TvOYvCWnASnE052sOy7OizRTgxQ4UOGtaOxd7kowcuhDeS_GCP/s400/king.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400719379421891794" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Too Many Murders; design by Jason Gabbert:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-nLBkRay1MILs1Qw7l1vOTG5Y9F4GJQGFD4rEeHEvw2XfxFHpPQB32ui0lYJwYF0noXYkRcDZLxOkQv_NRgFqweyHZKXb-nFlj-H0poF5uEHBOCYcjl4BJl7-Re4isktbnn8/s1600-h/murders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-nLBkRay1MILs1Qw7l1vOTG5Y9F4GJQGFD4rEeHEvw2XfxFHpPQB32ui0lYJwYF0noXYkRcDZLxOkQv_NRgFqweyHZKXb-nFlj-H0poF5uEHBOCYcjl4BJl7-Re4isktbnn8/s400/murders.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400704274296200466" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Some dude named Chip Kidd talking about book covers:</span><br /><br /><object width="390" height="290"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLcElvbTtuU&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLcElvbTtuU&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="390" height="290"></embed></object>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-62531636111941253222009-11-05T06:46:00.000-06:002009-11-05T08:57:32.238-06:00Obamanos<span style="font-style:italic;">Designer credit to come</span><br /><br />I know he's just waving. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uAT-r9gqP4z1tnPxvLq1x_4VxjGV9zhY5BzLNvgYkAJxp43jui2wEMYlKIqV8t-3zQrQrAxTr4823ddPUwDmexiQC_cnwFUwMrPKVkNOrV6UueucpUM0BZ5nHj3M4LYvnoKG/s1600-h/obamanos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uAT-r9gqP4z1tnPxvLq1x_4VxjGV9zhY5BzLNvgYkAJxp43jui2wEMYlKIqV8t-3zQrQrAxTr4823ddPUwDmexiQC_cnwFUwMrPKVkNOrV6UueucpUM0BZ5nHj3M4LYvnoKG/s400/obamanos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400631127116893874" /></a><br />But here's where my mind went immediately:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BcGHl3W5c0sUGXr1Y0hHL9EnQZzwolfuBg-JU0AV6ONvNe8N0Ue9vFFzUEebkiW2-rM0q1qO3iriMT-vYo_QCyicNAOgDx70F2q-8XS2T46K3nQ9c6XiTJQ1iJ4OT1PAeajt/s1600-h/Statue+of+Liberty.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BcGHl3W5c0sUGXr1Y0hHL9EnQZzwolfuBg-JU0AV6ONvNe8N0Ue9vFFzUEebkiW2-rM0q1qO3iriMT-vYo_QCyicNAOgDx70F2q-8XS2T46K3nQ9c6XiTJQ1iJ4OT1PAeajt/s400/Statue+of+Liberty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400631133646094626" /></a><br />Anyone else?Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-50366546137277508772009-11-03T06:06:00.011-06:002009-11-03T08:48:59.826-06:00Our Hero: Superman on Earth<span style="font-style:italic;">Designer credit to come</span><br /><br />I'm dying to know how far you can push Superman iconography before hearing from the law firm of Siegel, Shuster & Luthor.<br /><br />(FWIW, the same author's <span style="font-style:italic;">It's Superman!</span> novel has a trademark disclaimer <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2006/10/its-superman.html">right on the front cover</a>.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNnojr5W0zrRDzk9cK7-Qk9MEQVu0AkeJpBEmUGtQW3ACRJEcQGtLiCTost9NcpOo3cL79gFTBmWRWOXh4JLob-n_pv67fcaw3L7UREEGCbGbgel8-XPvUo_bWmoUEvZUT4BS/s1600-h/yale4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNnojr5W0zrRDzk9cK7-Qk9MEQVu0AkeJpBEmUGtQW3ACRJEcQGtLiCTost9NcpOo3cL79gFTBmWRWOXh4JLob-n_pv67fcaw3L7UREEGCbGbgel8-XPvUo_bWmoUEvZUT4BS/s400/yale4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399847823678958786" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-10820281918845010132009-11-02T06:23:00.001-06:002009-11-02T09:51:55.114-06:00Random Monday StuffHad family in town this weekend. Thus:<br /><a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/?p=2697"><br />Unpublished concepts for Bill Bryson's <span style="font-style:italic;">Mother Tongue</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Troublesome Words</span></a>. Via <a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/">The Casual Optimist</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/podcast/index.html">new Penguin Podcast features Ron Currie, Jr.</a>, author of <span style="font-style:italic;">Everything Matters</span>. <a href="http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/everything-matters.html">I loved that book</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://earlydustjackets.blogspot.com/">Old dust jackets</a>. I mean really old. And most likely, pretty dusty.Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-80213756730034360692009-10-30T06:26:00.000-05:002009-10-30T06:38:21.144-05:00Late '80s Harry Crews Harper Perennial Fiction editions<span style="font-style:italic;">Illustrations by George Corsillo</span><br /><br />A busy week has kept me out of the bookstores, so here are a few from home. Frequent BDR readers know I'm a big Harry Crews fan, constantly on the prowl for that copy of <span style="font-style:italic;">Naked In Garden Hills</span> that *isn't* $150. (Should <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YXE1PMMCL.jpg">you ever see this</a> at a garage sale or whatever, can you pick it up for me? Seriously.)<br /><br />I'm not sure how many Crews books were published in this series; these are the ones I own. Two thoughts popped into my mind when I was scanning these:<br /><br />1) Man, 1988 was a long time ago in book-cover-years.<br /><br />2) Wow, these aren't just yellow. They're YELLOW. But yellow books don't sell...right?<br /><br />Discuss.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDL8CGKXkvtKgX8-MoEGCH0n2LbGJ2PsvIOcBAl9UjiRfSvHo0lxfSPePx1jg7zwCzasHKJ2QQ_yKOYsLL8-wVfqlEr_kHxRFtPWeHaGe37upqFQRBetxhTMNVpkqK6jipLlF/s1600-h/crews2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDL8CGKXkvtKgX8-MoEGCH0n2LbGJ2PsvIOcBAl9UjiRfSvHo0lxfSPePx1jg7zwCzasHKJ2QQ_yKOYsLL8-wVfqlEr_kHxRFtPWeHaGe37upqFQRBetxhTMNVpkqK6jipLlF/s400/crews2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398229351438329330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeph6hidCmGwOwbigBwvJb8tUziXXtSGcQO0wHn2zPCRT4CRFfVL0eO3CyEh6-updTMnYnUwHaWk9dZHHdmohEz_7PG9C4V97vbxitov5JHOVCju0Kpu-7S8Jtfq5e0fTn8-Bz/s1600-h/crews1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeph6hidCmGwOwbigBwvJb8tUziXXtSGcQO0wHn2zPCRT4CRFfVL0eO3CyEh6-updTMnYnUwHaWk9dZHHdmohEz_7PG9C4V97vbxitov5JHOVCju0Kpu-7S8Jtfq5e0fTn8-Bz/s400/crews1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398229346323018002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyX_iZPP7qY7a-dz4fZ8SrmO12x0jzyvCz9xtHjXtAOq1x-KmGhSCn4MRLSZy8IS9msSufIwIAt3KYV6gZU1VfVxZQpwI-a1mKspxIiyb69J1KZ1qZ3bbIJAFajDM4KLEz-bd/s1600-h/crews3'.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyX_iZPP7qY7a-dz4fZ8SrmO12x0jzyvCz9xtHjXtAOq1x-KmGhSCn4MRLSZy8IS9msSufIwIAt3KYV6gZU1VfVxZQpwI-a1mKspxIiyb69J1KZ1qZ3bbIJAFajDM4KLEz-bd/s400/crews3'.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398229357262632818" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-19974840013252617592009-10-27T23:11:00.008-05:002009-10-28T12:21:34.721-05:00Ten Storey Love Song<span style="font-style:italic;">Design by Milan Bozic</span><br /><br />I hope there's a word or a name for this -- and by "this" I mean a novel that starts on the front cover of the book. It's been done before (on a few older Penguins(?)), but can't put my hands on any other examples at the moment. Anyone got any? <span style="font-style:italic;">(UPDATE: See the comments for <strike>at least one other example</strike> several other examples.)</span><br /><br />And the coolest thing about this, BTW: verso pages are even-numbered, and recto pages odd-numbered, right? Are you sure? Click the images to enlarge and check.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0OvnTncHl_q0WmF8zkMxnvprTHqqryuOGSv8ziioZm5vsimxPhccmVdTehloTwu7ydntr6SqZX_1oACDFJ_rs2CdrdDzNfFgARLYBWFygAfyNIAgh2y04eWobe-IKSDPeqx8/s1600-h/ten_storey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0OvnTncHl_q0WmF8zkMxnvprTHqqryuOGSv8ziioZm5vsimxPhccmVdTehloTwu7ydntr6SqZX_1oACDFJ_rs2CdrdDzNfFgARLYBWFygAfyNIAgh2y04eWobe-IKSDPeqx8/s400/ten_storey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397498833883997026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdM2cGAGJU963MouStjDCaqDfQBwQ0uzvpxXoFbZn9toB9apWCKD_lt5CAMrexhDLpzPSHTGcRzd4DRoQuOhBoEHIYp3QUI3JBoSlsYFC9UxIAYyusiQSAw8a_lGRZEWC5tBd/s1600-h/photo(4).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdM2cGAGJU963MouStjDCaqDfQBwQ0uzvpxXoFbZn9toB9apWCKD_lt5CAMrexhDLpzPSHTGcRzd4DRoQuOhBoEHIYp3QUI3JBoSlsYFC9UxIAYyusiQSAw8a_lGRZEWC5tBd/s400/photo(4).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397500219256715650" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-11115140767942973662009-10-27T06:56:00.001-05:002009-10-27T09:12:16.735-05:00Hummingbirds<span style="font-style:italic;">Design by Jarrod Taylor</span><br /><br />Flirtation and the competition among students and teachers at an Upper East Side prep school is the focus of <span style="font-style:italic;">Hummingbirds</span>; the jacket is beautifully whimsical and (sorry for the tired phrasing) jumps right off the shelf. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBW5fGc2p3jVyzuf6EMO0yEJbDVGdqK1riJdfI8EkaVWnEYNciX4CTbFG3s-VO-S_4tmUiH3TdenPCglh-TyvwqFhaF1llC0Ho9g1O382qWyz8a2E8lZbpeURWTU0fMBAY1Cc2/s1600-h/9780061769016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBW5fGc2p3jVyzuf6EMO0yEJbDVGdqK1riJdfI8EkaVWnEYNciX4CTbFG3s-VO-S_4tmUiH3TdenPCglh-TyvwqFhaF1llC0Ho9g1O382qWyz8a2E8lZbpeURWTU0fMBAY1Cc2/s400/9780061769016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397015492313669458" /></a><br />That vibrant blue really pops, just like it does on <span style="font-style:italic;">Digging to America</span>. I've come to have such a low opinion of blue -- too many years spent in Web design -- but these restore my faith :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S6JP5PYNDg3tyvOFn6E0QJYNyI_S2tP2bjSvD0lHqrzUaIAQ0845PTxbflyfyJqT5bOXHDxeKa33S-cFjzT0AccJayRBR65vzZbCUplwSTQObjGJ6lEtYFlGv6ZCwRN3tk7M/s1600-h/digging.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S6JP5PYNDg3tyvOFn6E0QJYNyI_S2tP2bjSvD0lHqrzUaIAQ0845PTxbflyfyJqT5bOXHDxeKa33S-cFjzT0AccJayRBR65vzZbCUplwSTQObjGJ6lEtYFlGv6ZCwRN3tk7M/s400/digging.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397276459194566370" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-64950961794838401922009-10-22T20:42:00.010-05:002009-10-23T13:21:37.948-05:00Five for Friday, 10.23.09<span style="font-style:italic;">Loser's Town; design by <a href="http://ben-wiseman.com/">Ben Wiseman</a>:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRPZc3jKmdupmuTtN5SXnE8X-S9pXeh4U8Jo4gCYqgnyEFZzuC38WiPexDzWpxfOEZpyif_aFVsfEredV7EkGfcU9uOEFkE_fkA1xQSBMEkQTLq23tlc3KNxiun-gOuDG1EO2/s1600-h/loser.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRPZc3jKmdupmuTtN5SXnE8X-S9pXeh4U8Jo4gCYqgnyEFZzuC38WiPexDzWpxfOEZpyif_aFVsfEredV7EkGfcU9uOEFkE_fkA1xQSBMEkQTLq23tlc3KNxiun-gOuDG1EO2/s400/loser.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395617166476140978" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Money; design by <a href="http://www.bertkrak.com/">Bert Krak</a>, art direction by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbuckleydesign/">Paul Buckley</a>:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJTbq_84BSeXzEIv3_CqAxgOKBePYiNShjxv5jhE8TQKi4roY749JMeHPbBIGv_4xkTz5LyXhwmWPGReFE8xJGx4j3SgnIf7pTlZz6U9aW7VKuYO9H8PsvC-8NH91kcLO6tvq/s1600-h/ffa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJTbq_84BSeXzEIv3_CqAxgOKBePYiNShjxv5jhE8TQKi4roY749JMeHPbBIGv_4xkTz5LyXhwmWPGReFE8xJGx4j3SgnIf7pTlZz6U9aW7VKuYO9H8PsvC-8NH91kcLO6tvq/s400/ffa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395604991140793218" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This Is Where I Leave You; design by <a href="http://gray318.com/">Gray318</a>:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDKbmCpqhhyEsYtBNhsS1m9sQ1EidKF8QKvcQO6jGg_49VRHerzArcdfHpQwUQwNPTtch6i0FIYspcpvpG08I965omOnhBgAtUxoJU0H3KnFwk1TtYzOTEx4-82YKasMUaMYU/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDKbmCpqhhyEsYtBNhsS1m9sQ1EidKF8QKvcQO6jGg_49VRHerzArcdfHpQwUQwNPTtch6i0FIYspcpvpG08I965omOnhBgAtUxoJU0H3KnFwk1TtYzOTEx4-82YKasMUaMYU/s400/Picture+12.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395611690616630162" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Chicago: A Biography; design by <a href="http://www.matthewavery.com/">Matt Avery</a>:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEkTf4fa7Sc2ALxyBZ0d1-iGM5mRDSXnSdj-9eTFT7Glzg2q455pdzKL476ipbyFbbi41BcgFsnbh6HwEjmvrLklQitTHb0XBJ5JgHI1qh8-STPXhw0Ije_9KWwraAb8DS2WR/s1600-h/Chicago.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEkTf4fa7Sc2ALxyBZ0d1-iGM5mRDSXnSdj-9eTFT7Glzg2q455pdzKL476ipbyFbbi41BcgFsnbh6HwEjmvrLklQitTHb0XBJ5JgHI1qh8-STPXhw0Ije_9KWwraAb8DS2WR/s400/Chicago.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395862210656193314" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Can Capitalism Survive?; design by <a href="http://milanbozic.com/">Milan Bozic</a>:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn1SFpJOKqPNhUsRLBoFH6r7K3WAN22mXkHDz5t-Co5YYSQKC9PWI4haZclbXeYtIB3l62zG4_irRUVATZ5jjaCffTvOr3pKDaD_jA7Vx58lxr7sS1xygIKpa_s2dxajDgK_2/s1600-h/ffb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn1SFpJOKqPNhUsRLBoFH6r7K3WAN22mXkHDz5t-Co5YYSQKC9PWI4haZclbXeYtIB3l62zG4_irRUVATZ5jjaCffTvOr3pKDaD_jA7Vx58lxr7sS1xygIKpa_s2dxajDgK_2/s400/ffb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395607427483753602" /></a>Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.com12