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New from Melville House

Dec 9, ’11 9:42 AM

New Series from Melville House

Christopher King has done it again with his design for the Last Interview series from Melville House.

I love this clean, modern look.

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Books at 33 1/3

Mar 30, ’11 9:42 PM

Books as Albums

The good folks at Melville House had a recent post (via eBookNewser) about a Flickr user by the name of SeeGee who posted these book covers imagining Record Albums As Books.

Groovy.

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Neversink Library

Jan 20, ’11 9:42 PM

Neversink Library

The Neversink Library – just another reason to love the good folks at Melville House. The design is simple, elegant, and amazing. Kudos to the designer, Christopher King who took over the reigns as Art Director from Kelly Blair.

The first eight books in the series are:

I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I WANT these books!

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Éditions Les Allusifs

Jun 3, ’10 9:42 PM

Le Don de VoraceÉditions Les Allusifs is a literary publisher based in Montreal, Quebec. They publish literature in translation for a French-speaking audience.

Looking for a way to distinguish their books in a crowded marketplace, they approached the design company, Paprika to help them create an identity program for their books. The results are spectacular.

Why don’t all publishers have a brand? If I see and orange spine and a certain flightless bird, I can be assured of a certain level of quality. The grandaddy of the publishing brand, Penguin Books, has been around for seventy-five years. You’d think that other publishers would have learned from Penguin and followed their lead.

Perhaps the times they are a-changing. The folks at McSweeney’s seem to have a clue. The Art of the Novella series at Melville House is stunning in its simplicity, and the good folks at Archipelago Books had the good sense to hire the incomparable, David Bullen to design their sumptuous editions.

People DO judge books by their covers, and Éditions Les Allusifs is giving them a reason to pick up their books.

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