Slideshow of great Faber & Faber book covers
By Paul Biba
Yes, that is one aspect of books that an ereader will probably never be able to duplicate.
The Guardian has a marvelous slideshow of Faber & Faber book covers in celebration of their eightieth anniversary. There’s some very neat stuff in the 18 covers The Guardian presents.
Currently celebrating its 80th anniversary, Faber & Faber has always been associated with strong cover designs, surveyed in a new book by Joseph Connelly. Have a look at some of the artwork that has adorned its titles down the decades..
Thanks to Blog of a Bookslut for the link.
July 13th, 2009 at 11:59 am
And why not?
You dedicated reader guys are being short-changed enough with those black-and-white screens… it’s de-coloring your viewpoint. But there’s no reason to expect that e-books will never have impressive covers, any more than its supposed corollary, that all printed covers are better than e-book covers. Heck, I’d put any (well most) of my covers up against the Mendelsohn cover you have pictured here.