zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jul 3, 2007 7:03:42 GMT -5
Here's a thread to talk about Book and Book Cover design. I'm not sure how interested other people are in this, but I absolutely love book design. In college I was a graphic designer and really wanted to be a book designer, but then went a different path. Here are some of the book design blogs I read and love: covers.fwis.com/www.book-by-its-cover.com/www.book-by-its-cover.com/Lately I've been noticing the beautiful paperbacks of the Series of Unfortunate Events books. I thought the hardcovers were very well designed when they first came out, and then they were EVERYWHERE and I got a little sick of seeing them. But then the paperback came out and it's absolutely awesome. Very different from the hardcover, but I like it better. If you're not familiar with the US covers, here's the link to the hardcover: www.afterschoolsnacks.com/images/lemonysnicket1.jpgAnd here's the paperback: (though the paperback looks best in person, because the whole design is great, not just the cover) images.barnesandnoble.com/images/12920000/12929118.jpg
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Post by Dominique on Jul 3, 2007 8:27:05 GMT -5
They are different! I'm not sure which one I prefer... maybe the hardcover actually, not sure why. I love cover art too, it always irritates me when I buy a book and then find the same one with better cover art! There are these editions of Jane Austen's novels that I really like, here is a pic of the mansfield park cover: www.angusandrobertson.com.au/products/detailed.asp?bookid=9780141028149&db=auI have been trying to find pictures of the editions with the best cover art for the book list actually, but it's hard finding them in the right size a lot of the time because I'm resizing all the images to 200 pixels in width so it looks pretty. Graphic design really interests me as well, some of my courses through journalism have had a bit to do with it and I've always really enjoyed it.
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zeldafitzgerald
Collection of short stories bought by Random House
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jul 3, 2007 16:12:10 GMT -5
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Post by bookaddict on Jul 3, 2007 17:46:45 GMT -5
I love book covers, and I want to replace my Jane Eyre for a nicer cover.
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jul 3, 2007 18:52:31 GMT -5
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 3, 2007 19:25:33 GMT -5
That Jane Eyre is really cool. I need a new copy. Mine is duct taped right now.
I also like that cover of The Bell Jar. I was looking to buy that soon (I've never read it), but I was just going to get the normal one (the second one you showed). Maybe I'll get the other one.
I don't have my books with me, so I can't share what my favorite cover art is.
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Post by Dominique on Jul 3, 2007 20:14:55 GMT -5
Lol both those Bell Jar covers are better than my one, and I like them both better! I had a look around for the US version but they don't seem to keep it in the book stores here.
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Post by bookaddict on Jul 3, 2007 20:46:04 GMT -5
Oh, I'm going to look into buying the illustrated Jane Eyre.
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sagedautumn
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Post by sagedautumn on Jul 4, 2007 9:28:25 GMT -5
The illustrated Jane Eyre was really really cool!! Did u get it from penguin OR what???
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 4, 2007 12:48:30 GMT -5
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Jul 4, 2007 16:08:15 GMT -5
Yup, it's on Amazon. I just picked up a copy at Barnes and Noble.
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pageturner37
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Post by pageturner37 on Jul 5, 2007 18:32:20 GMT -5
i wonder why there are different covers for the same book. i like to see the different covers
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Post by Carma on Jul 6, 2007 8:16:22 GMT -5
I like different covers, but I probably won't buy a book because it has such a nice cover.. I'll look more into price.. I think..
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Nathalie
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Post by Nathalie on Jul 8, 2007 17:13:54 GMT -5
have you ever seen the french ones? they are horrible! i'm not sure if it was just a spooky edition or what, but oh my!
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