Zeno's Bar & Grill
Friday, November 04, 2005
Under the Covers
Have you ever bought a book just for its cover? We certainly have, and books like Popcorn and Holding On sit on our shelves as proof. Interestingly, the cover of Holding On was redesigned for the paperback edition. The one shown here is the original. Anyway, we were intrigued by John Updike’s review in this month’s New Yorker of By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design, by Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger. It turns out that this is just one of several books on the subject. We can’t help but wonder about the daunting task of designing a cover for one of them. Kind of like trying to be a good mother when you’ve written a novel about Perfect Moms?--Melanie & Kelly
