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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Books The Book Is You

Posted by on Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM

Some light Sunday afternoon browsing comes to us from Slog tipper Erin (who delightfully refers to herself as a "generally happy reader").

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Corpus Libris is a lot of fun for book design nerds. Book jacket designers don't often want to use full faces on novels and short stories—you don't want to interfere with the reader's idea of what the characters look like—but they need identifiable and attractive cover images, so body parts often figure frequently. I think a lot of these pictures are interesting visual metaphors for what reading is like: You're putting yourself into someone else's body.

 

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Cynic Romantic 1
Cool!
Posted by Cynic Romantic on August 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM
2
NEAT.
Posted by -ink on August 28, 2011 at 7:33 PM
venomlash 3
I've put myself into someone else's body before.
Posted by venomlash on August 28, 2011 at 7:41 PM
broadband 4
These cover pages will attract more readers and creative people..
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Posted by broadband on August 29, 2011 at 5:46 AM
5
Sounds like what Stephanie Meyer intended. Mary Sue-ism.
Posted by suddenlyorcas on August 29, 2011 at 7:54 AM
--MC 6
Beh! They got the idea from Sleeveface.

http://www.sleeveface.com/
Posted by --MC on August 29, 2011 at 7:57 AM
jennyflintoff 7
You are right this cover page is some thing different with others. Great idea.

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Posted by jennyflintoff on September 10, 2011 at 2:18 AM

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