This cover is one of a new breed; They are driven purely by commercialism and supermarket sales. For a start, it is desperate to convince you that the author is a 'brand'. (Why else would her name be so big?) And if the ...
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winston
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Blurbs
The Blasphemer
Rumour has it that the publishers of this book love it. Really love it...
So why on earth have they given it such a lame blurb? They have gone for the same kind of sparse, confident and intriguing approach that Fixabook so admired in The Passage ...
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winston
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Spines
Guest Post: Jones...
Trainspotting, Porno, Filth
Reheated Cabbage blew me away last year - Joss McKinley’s still life was really innovative. The subsequent backlist repackage followed suit, but I never noticed how good the spines were until recently. Wow.
Some of what we do isn’t rocket science, but ...
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Julia
Monday, July 19th, 2010
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If the red streaked cover is a US version, it is, I think, quite common for...
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