Although it’s a great exercise, many “fan designs” fall short of the mark, functioning merely as beautiful images without being true to the content of the message. This goes for fan-designed movie posters as well as book covers.
This is a different story. This jacket doesn’t simply illustrate an image from the book. This jacket manages to be modern, beautiful and it still convey the attitude of the book.
Why are they giving up thousands of square feet of prime bookselling space — the area just inside of entrances, which have the highest sales-volume-per-square-inch of any area in the store by far — to displays of, well, one simple, not to mention small, product: the Nook.
Since owning an iPad, I’ve actually been reading more. I still prefer reading physical books. Typography on e-readers is terrible. Worse, on devices like the iPad or an Android device, the glow of the screen is tiring on the eyes.
Barnes & Noble reducing floorspace dedicated to physical books is not surprising to me. More people are buying digital books; it seems only logical that booksellers devote less retail space to them. I do not necessarily think this means bookstores will disappear, just as record stores are still around. I suspect that bookstores will simply become something different from what we are used to, and cater to a different—perhaps specialty—market.
A re-imagined interpretation of William Faulkner’s 1930 novel As I Lay Dying. The novel centers around the death of Addie Bundren, and her family’s quest to honor her wish to be buried in her hometown. Each chapter is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that switches from fifteen different characters over the course of ninety-six chapters.
Tony Lee, Jr has created a produced what looks to be a beautiful version of one of my favorite books. More photos at his website.
Forget Stephen King and Umberto Eco and other big names, here are eight fresh debut novels—from the ultimate new baseball novel to gritty Midwestern fiction to a novel set in Rwanda—you must read.
A list compiled by Robert Birnbaum. I’ve not read any of these, but I think Birnbaum has a good head for recommending books.
