tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post3828126007408559335..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Why they Burned Down the Library of AlexandriaJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-15137315891797714062014-08-13T03:42:27.081-07:002014-08-13T03:42:27.081-07:00I suspect so: if you want an example of the number...I suspect so: if you want an example of the number of nitwits who buy ebooks without even looking at the author or cover, see this: https://ca.celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celebrity-news/canadian-author-emily-schultz-profits-sharing-book-title-153118420.htmlJRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-55995566793950987572014-08-12T10:35:32.409-07:002014-08-12T10:35:32.409-07:00£2.63 for a public domain book that has the title ...£2.63 for a public domain book that has the title spelled wrong! <br /><br />I wonder if people make money that way? missdisconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-87736586359186679412014-08-11T17:55:43.353-07:002014-08-11T17:55:43.353-07:00That's the thing--if you're getting a publ...That's the thing--if you're getting a public domain classic ebook, there are numerous free sources. Why pay for such ham-fisted productions? And what confidence could you have that the innards aren't all messed up as well?<br /><br />Bullethead, I admire your attempts to inject sanity into some of these covers.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-88196829563630035752014-08-11T12:09:08.561-07:002014-08-11T12:09:08.561-07:00does anyone else with an e-reader browse through o...does anyone else with an e-reader browse through out of copyright titles looking for the laziest, ugliest covers. You know, when they make an effort! missdisconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-71523268470832876102014-08-08T15:35:53.388-07:002014-08-08T15:35:53.388-07:00"The Clicking of Cuthbert" is a collecti..."The Clicking of Cuthbert" is a collection of Wodehouse's golf stories, and the woman on that cover is holding some sort of knobbed rod that is not entirely unlike a golf club, so that one in isolation could pass for a joke. So, too, the cover for "Tales of the Jazz Age." The painting selected for "The Prince" is entitled "The Awakening Conscience," and so might be a comment on the book.<br /><br />The others, however...no, that is pure madness.<br />Touch-and-go Bulletheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-32961154234791396842014-08-08T00:19:00.482-07:002014-08-08T00:19:00.482-07:00I'd like to hear the jazz played by the old du...I'd like to hear the jazz played by the old dude with the violin. And what's up with Nicholas Nippleby?Barbara Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935335104800848336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-49686255580656572832014-08-07T21:44:16.250-07:002014-08-07T21:44:16.250-07:00Tororo, it's an intriguing theory.
Brian, you...Tororo, it's an intriguing theory.<br /><br />Brian, you can see why Bertie was so keen to keep Jeeves from being poached.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-76669901002135298052014-08-07T20:58:27.568-07:002014-08-07T20:58:27.568-07:00Gotta say, Jeeves is really looking good.Gotta say, Jeeves is really looking good.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-83434023793030120022014-08-07T19:42:27.859-07:002014-08-07T19:42:27.859-07:00Perhaps is The Man In Fog, already known as the ha...Perhaps is The Man In Fog, already known as the hardest-working man on book covers, moonlighting as an art director in Alexandria. A possible explanation for the notions this anonymous artist seems to possess about cropping and other things being somewhat foggy.Tororohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635264152016312595noreply@blogger.com