October 18, 2016
Welcome back to Cover Chic, where we take a look at what publishers are doing with their cover art to grab our interest. Previously on Cover Chic, we pitted US covers against UK covers. Today we focus on the US market, and how books can get a second chance at snagging an audience with a redesigned cover. But is the…
September 20, 2016
Welcome to Cover Chic, where we take a look at what publishers are doing with their cover art to grab our interest. You may have noticed that the United States and the United Kingdom often have different cover art for the same books. This doesn’t make sense to me, because if one design was used for the book worldwide —…
August 16, 2016
You see this here? Other than an alphabetically-arranged-by-author shelf of books, what you may not know is…they’re all unread. They’re not alone. I currently own 381 unread books, which have come from various sources — bought new, bought second-hand, from the publisher, from the author. And because I prioritize reading library books with their due dates, my own books remain…