Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 1/10/10 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Fri, 24 May 2013 13:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: http://kdsinteriordesign.tumblr.com/ http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-20429 http://kdsinteriordesign.tumblr.com/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:05:27 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-20429 I personally found this amazing posting , “Swiss Army Librarian

]]> By: Swiss Army Librarian » Courting Disasters :: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-2400 Swiss Army Librarian » Courting Disasters :: Brian Herzog Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:57:03 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-2400 [...] know that cover design is usually beyond the realm of the author, and it’s unfortunate that it is always the author that comes out looking bad when something [...]

]]> By: avisannschild http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-1375 avisannschild Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:23:12 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-1375 The worst part is that, as I mention in my post, there are at least four other books that use the exact same image on their covers!

Thanks for linking to my blog!

]]> By: Lichen http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-1374 Lichen Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:15:46 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-1374 Chris Bohjalian is awesomely accessible. He regularly sits in on book discussions via phone at our library. It’s very fun to feel like an author is a real person with whome you can actually have a conversation.

Confession: I may have a tiny crush on him too.

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-1373 Brian Herzog Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:31:34 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-1373 Thanks for the information guys. The more I looked into this, the more examples of and articles on this sort of thing I found. Interesting.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-1372 Jessica Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:53:14 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-1372 Authors published by major publishers generally have no (or very little) say in the cover art. I have two books on the YA shelves right now with the same cover art…. For an interesting cover art article:
http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/23/aint-that-a-shame/

]]> By: Andromeda http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-1371 Andromeda Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:21:46 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-1371 Also they have a lot of problems tracking down rights for the images in their books, so I get why publishers would find it easier to reuse images whose rights have already been established, for all that it makes the covers less meaningful.

]]> By: Andromeda http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/01/16/reference-question-of-the-week-11010/#comment-1370 Andromeda Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:20:43 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=901#comment-1370 Certainly my in-laws (who write nonfiction, popular science books) do not have input into their cover art, and it drives them nuts. They have been increasingly unhappy with the selections over their last few books.

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