Monday, June 28, 2010

Choosing a Book for Its Cover

We have often commented here on the importance of book covers. Right or wrong, it is frequently what leads us to pick up a book and consider reading it. The AIGA Nation Design Center has just released its choices for the best book covers of 2009, selected from over 800 entries. It is an interesting collection of books jackets. I would be curious to see which book jackets readers would have selected from the 800 entries. Many of the 50 winners would not inspire me to pick up a book. Yes, they are visually striking but as a reader only a few pique my interest. Frankenstein, Spent, The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson, Healing of America, The Craftsman, and Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life, are the only ones that I would investigate further.
 
What do you think? Do you have a favorite cover amongst the winners?
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  1. Ellen M. Gregg7:43 AM

    I really enjoy your blog, but this one greatly tickled me because of the reality show Work of Art (Bravo). This past week's challenge for the artists was to produce a "commercial" book cover for a reprinting of classic books. The winning artist's design is being used by Penguin Books (The Time Machine won). So ... Only three of the covers made me want to find out what the book is actually about: Hospital For Bad Poets, Spent and The Healing of America. Fascinating! :-)
    P.S. I can't wait to read Little Blog on the Prairie! :-)

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