tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post2416986930669953575..comments2023-09-23T23:34:02.905-05:00Comments on A Little Reading: Booking Through Thursday: Cover-UpJLS Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779539758815705415noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-89767319807357962212008-03-27T12:02:00.000-05:002008-03-27T12:02:00.000-05:00Certain authors have great covers on their books.....Certain authors have great covers on their books...i.e...Neil Gaiman, Picoult, Atwood, Steinbeck...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/03/booking-through-cover.html" REL="nofollow">Booking through cover</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-65172191780998350052008-03-27T11:43:00.000-05:002008-03-27T11:43:00.000-05:00I agree. I don't like move tie-in pictures on the ...I agree. I don't like move tie-in pictures on the front. I love it when they have images of old paintings. I've begun to get dissuaded from trying books with the Oprah seal on them; there's too many I haven't liked. How many books about oppressed women can you stand? After a while they all feel the same...Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-76498471258631705642008-03-27T10:34:00.000-05:002008-03-27T10:34:00.000-05:00Now that I am going around and seeing what everyon...Now that I am going around and seeing what everyone else is saying I am realizing there is so much to say on this topic that I didn't even think about.<BR/><BR/>I too dislike book covers with movie tie in pictures. Though I will buy a book for 50 cents just because it says Oprah book club on it. This is more from the point of view of a person who wants to promote reading. A lot of people just randomly start looking through my books. If someone will read a book because it says Oprah on it, I want them to read it. I am pro-reading! Whatever gets you to pick up the book.<BR/><BR/>I also just realized that a book saying it is by some award winner is part of the cover design and I usually can't walk away from those.<BR/><BR/>And I was just looking through some old books and reminiscing about what a "good book" looked like to me then. I am going to have to do a mini post on it!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05446328800757725901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-33547627975963636422008-03-27T09:50:00.000-05:002008-03-27T09:50:00.000-05:00I think there is definitely something about the lo...I think there is definitely something about the look of a particular imprint. One thing I didn't discuss in my answer but could have done is the influence that the original green Virago Modern Classics had. These days, with the newer editions having moved away from that, there is quite a collectors market for the older versions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-21192881153834040042008-03-27T08:13:00.000-05:002008-03-27T08:13:00.000-05:00I agree illustrations can be wonderful in books. M...I agree illustrations can be wonderful in books. My mother has some beautiful old books with illustrations. I especially like the woodcut illustrations found in some of these books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-23119861918293146042008-03-27T07:57:00.000-05:002008-03-27T07:57:00.000-05:00I think the Signet paperbacks have beautiful cover...I think the Signet paperbacks have beautiful covers too.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08134658141375355475noreply@blogger.com