Allison Symes's Blog - Posts Tagged "bindings"
Beautiful Books
I love books in all their different forms, of course, but I do appreciate the art in a really good book cover.
Difficult to say what my favourite cover is but I must say I love the children's editions of the Harry Potter series and the original Discworld covers.
I don't get the tendency to produce plainer covers for "grown ups". Blow that. I want escapism in a good book and the cover has got to entice me in. A plain black or grey cover with sensible lettering just isn't going to do it for yours truly.
I also appreciate beautiful bindings. I inherited my late mother's collection of hardback Dickens (all in green with gold lettering) and they are a joy to look at. They are even more of a joy to read! I also have a fab Agatha Christie collection (red hardbacks with gold lettering). Great stories but my enjoyment is enhanced when I can appreciate the physicality of a book. (This is where the Kindle DOES lose out to "proper" books).
At the end of the day, it is the story which matters most of all, naturally. But I'm all for getting as much enjoyment out of a book as possible and beautiful covers and production standards can make books very special indeed.
Difficult to say what my favourite cover is but I must say I love the children's editions of the Harry Potter series and the original Discworld covers.
I don't get the tendency to produce plainer covers for "grown ups". Blow that. I want escapism in a good book and the cover has got to entice me in. A plain black or grey cover with sensible lettering just isn't going to do it for yours truly.
I also appreciate beautiful bindings. I inherited my late mother's collection of hardback Dickens (all in green with gold lettering) and they are a joy to look at. They are even more of a joy to read! I also have a fab Agatha Christie collection (red hardbacks with gold lettering). Great stories but my enjoyment is enhanced when I can appreciate the physicality of a book. (This is where the Kindle DOES lose out to "proper" books).
At the end of the day, it is the story which matters most of all, naturally. But I'm all for getting as much enjoyment out of a book as possible and beautiful covers and production standards can make books very special indeed.
