As soon as I laid eyes on these book covers I knew I had a new ‘Cover Love’ feature in the making, and this one is a first because I’m focusing on a series of books which haven’t yet been issued. They’re a series of 18 books being published … [Read more...]
The cover artist for Harper’s Classic Short Story Collection speaks up
March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In a small follow-up to my recent 'Cover Love' feature on Harper's 'soon to be released' Classic Short Story Collection series, I managed to catch up with the cover artist for the set - Adam Johnson, to ask him what inspired him to go with such a … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Harper’s Classic Short Story Collections
March 26, 2009 By 8 Comments
Regular visitors of RobAroundBooks (and subscribers to the feed), know that I often speak about Harper Perennial's short story website Fifty-Two Stories, and the great short stories that they generously offer up for free every week. I always visit … [Read more...]
Cover Love: The Haruki Murakami editions from Vintage UK
March 1, 2009 By 18 Comments
For this inaugural ‘Cover Love’ post I’m focusing on a series of books whose covers have seduced me for quite some time. They're the covers used by UK Publisher Vintage (an imprint of Random House), for their series of books by Japanese author … [Read more...]
Introducing ‘Cover Love’ – a new series on RobAroundBooks
March 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Coming within a couple of hours of this introduction will be the first post in a new series I’m bringing to RobAroundBooks called 'Cover Love'. It’s a series which focuses on that emotional desire which is inherent in all bibliophiles - the lust … [Read more...]
I do like the covers, but come on, SHARK SKIN? Yuck!!
January 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
Elizabeth at the Reading Copy Book Blog (the bookish blog run by the staff at AbeBooks) points to a very interesting portion of AbeBooks.com labeled ‘unusual bindings’. Featuring 30 different books arranged in groups, with bindings ranging … [Read more...]
Penguin’s New ‘Gothic Red’ Series: Cover Art to Die For
October 5, 2008 By 7 Comments
I know we're told never to judge a book, by its cover but it's kind of hard not to when you're facing this newly released 'Gothic Red' range of classic Gothic horror novels from Penguin. Designed by artist Coralie Bickford-Smith, the artwork on these … [Read more...]