Who doesn’t love when a series of books has a secret design trick up its sleeve? Sometimes, when you get the whole set assembled, you find the spines line up to reveal a panorama. In the case of this set, written by Oliver Sacks, designer Cardon Webb took a different approach. Since these books are [...]
Thursday Quote: Matthew Arnold
“Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.” Matthew Arnold
Thursday Quote: Samuel Butler
“Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.” Samuel Butler
A Great Looking Read: Leatherbound Volumes
If you love to read snazzy looking books, check out the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics Series. Over 50 titles, including multi-books (such as The Chronicles of Narnia, or the Complete Works of William Shakespeare). While not every cover is a work of art, each is tastefully done -with lovely details, even on the spine and back cover. The [...]
The Making of a Book Cover
This video is a fast-forward through making a book cover, for the third in a series.
Thursday Quote: T.S. Eliot
“If you start with a bang, you won’t end with a whimper.” T.S. Eliot
Ira Glass on Storytelling
A great all-type video: Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
Word Book Night
Want to share a great book? Volunteer to be a Book Giver on World Book Night. Find out how at: www.us.worldbooknight.org
Thursday Quote: Edna Ferber
“Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.” Edna Ferber
Cover Gallery
