I’ve just discovered a new site I may hang out on: Fixabook. I saw a link, particularly, to the category, Covers, where the writer, as you can imagine, is discussing various book covers.
The website’s stated goal makes a book-lover’s heart sing:
The aim is quite simple; Fixabook wants to celebrate the very best in book design while at the same time, helping people to think more deeply about their book covers.
As well as the “Covers” category, the site includes categories like “Blurbs,” “Spines,” and even “Copycat Covers.” (Must go visit that category for sure!) I believe I’ll be adding this site to my blogroll, and checking it often.
But Chronicle Books (**) also has an interesting blurb about a specific book: The Art of McSweeney’s. (See the McSweeneys website here. Bizarre and interesting stuff there.) There are just a few samples of the illustrations from the book included in that blog post, but they should make your mouth water.
They’ve also created a trailer for the creation of this book. I’ll try to embed it, but given how well [she said facetiously] this blog program does in embedding YouTube videos here, don’t hold your breath. 
(** A book publisher that is quickly becoming one of my favourites, for really interesting non-fiction books. Check out their ad in my right-hand column, and go see what other sorts of books they have. They’ve done several that I have talked about in my various “I want this book” sorts of posts in recent months.)
(Thanks to Twitter contacts thebookdesigner and RainCoastBooks for these links.)
