Danika Ellis posted earlier this month to Book Riot a short survey of the history of dust jackets for books.
It seems dust jackets have been around a long time, although the ones we’re used to seeing are an unexpectedly recent invention.
Found at Book Riot’s Facebook page
Over at the always-fabulous Book Riot, Becky Cole has assembled links to (and helpfully described) 15 collections of bookish images created by bookloving users of the wildly popular – and image-collection site – and notorious time-sink – Pinterest. Readers of Becky’s post provide links to several additional bookish Pinteret collections.
Thank you, Becky, for steering your fellow booklovers toward many hours of pleasant wallowing in such photogenic bibliophilic pastures!
Found posted to Facebook by Eat Sleep Read
We don’t usually post gorgeous book covers – there are websites completely devoted to that, links to which you can find at the Bibliofestoonery tab at the top of this blog – but this batch was just too beautiful not to post.
Found at 1000 Bookmarks via My Imaginary Brooklyn
Although it’s a little early yet for us to begin posting links to all those year-end “Best Books” lists, one of the websites listed in The Atlanta Booklover’s Blog’s Bibliofestoonery section, The Book Cover Archive, has posted its choices for the best-designed book covers of the past ten years.
Found at LISNews
Vancouver-based blogger Anthony Lindstrom has sifted through several of those cover design websites to compile a creme de la creme of cover designs that especially delight him. His blogpost readers chime in with additional favorites to add to the 45 images Lindstrom has selected. Take a look.
For links to various online collections of cover designs (among other things), click on the tab at the top of this blog labeled Bibliofestoonery. section of
Found at Fade Theory
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