HeyJaredThe Paperback Show
Discovering the world of vintage and modern paperbacks with a life-long reader and bookseller. Podcast, paperback covers, paperback history that ranges from classics to sleaze and pulp.
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Cover of the Week: Golden Shrapnel by Almir Imširević (opens the original)
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A Tale of Two Covers: I Wake Up Screaming by Steve Fisher (opens the original)
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Book covers have always fascinated me. I think it was the Ace Double editions that started the interest. These are paperbacks containing two books with different cover designs. I liked to imagine the story each cover suggested and then run with it. It didn’t really matter to me (a young boy at the time) if the designs fit the story of each novel. I just loved the way they looked. As I’ve come to know more about paperback publishing, I discovered that paperbacks weren’t sold in bookstores initial
The Paperback Covers of Gervasio Gallardo (opens the original)
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958) (opens the original)
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Good Movies as Old Books by Matt Stevens (opens the original)
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Chronicle Books has always been a publisher with a keen interest in how a book is designed and laid out. Some of my favorite book designs were created by Chronicle. Their emphasis on typography and visual storytelling is a feast for the mind as well as the eyes. Chronicle’s publication of their “interactive series” of books peaked with Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice features hand folded letters from characters in the books
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