Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Article on Why Book Covers Vary by Country

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/may/09/judge-book-by-cover

This link was in today's Shelf Awareness newsletter, and it's an interesting read about how European covers are so different from US ones.

7 comments:

  1. Interesting article. As an American living in China, the imported books I see are usually from Britain and it's fascinating (and quite enjoyable) to be able to see the different cover designs. Thanks for the link!

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  2. I read this the other day and thought it was interesting. I subscrib to a book magazine and they also interviewed someone about book covers, an editor was saying that sometimes the prettiest book cover wont be the ne that sells and its hard explaning that to authors.

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  3. Definitely peeked my curiousity, thanks for the heads up on the article!

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  4. Thanks for sharing, such an interesting topic. :D

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  5. Thanks for the link - I've always wondered why! Though I am even more curious why hardcover and paperback IN THE SAME COUNTRY are sometimes different too!

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