May 12th, 2009 / 1:46 pm
Behind the Scenes

Can somebody please either write or name their book “Teal this book” so that the cover could be this?

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If I went to a bookstore and saw this book, I would buy it without even reading the blurbs. Seriously, this is an open call for any writers to do this. If your manuscript gets accepted, you may use the book cover idea — I don’t even need credits or royalties, I just want this book to exist. Thanks for your attention.

Context, if you’re confused.

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36 Comments

  1. jereme

      jimmy you are a fucking ham ball.

      i would be very surprised to find some one not familiar with the book “steal this book”.

      but hey some idiots have no idea the US used chinese slaves and the holocaust did exist.

      i bet they could tell us who just won at celebrity apprentice.

  2. jereme

      jimmy you are a fucking ham ball.

      i would be very surprised to find some one not familiar with the book “steal this book”.

      but hey some idiots have no idea the US used chinese slaves and the holocaust did exist.

      i bet they could tell us who just won at celebrity apprentice.

  3. Matthew Simmons

      Chip Kidd tag. Heh.

  4. Matthew Simmons

      Chip Kidd tag. Heh.

  5. Jimmy Chen

      i don’t know what ‘ham ball’ is. I’m asian-canadian and not completely acclimated to american culture.

      i just googled “ham ball” and got to some recipes in cooks.com.

      a “ham ball” doesn’t seem so bad, but i’m assuming your comment was an insult because of your ‘three hour commute.’

      there is a holocaust happening in your beard.

  6. Jimmy Chen

      i don’t know what ‘ham ball’ is. I’m asian-canadian and not completely acclimated to american culture.

      i just googled “ham ball” and got to some recipes in cooks.com.

      a “ham ball” doesn’t seem so bad, but i’m assuming your comment was an insult because of your ‘three hour commute.’

      there is a holocaust happening in your beard.

  7. jereme

      it means you are cheesy.

      not necessarily an insult.

      but then again i can’t stop the way you internalize external forces.

      dance to the tune in your head.

  8. jereme

      it means you are cheesy.

      not necessarily an insult.

      but then again i can’t stop the way you internalize external forces.

      dance to the tune in your head.

  9. jereme

      and my beard is big enough to hide your pumelo in. i have not touched it since october.

      i would like to see you in a long white beard. something you can stroke before battling the docker rife streets of San Fran.

      or at least a gnarly long black mole hair. stroke that shit for luck yo.

  10. jereme

      and my beard is big enough to hide your pumelo in. i have not touched it since october.

      i would like to see you in a long white beard. something you can stroke before battling the docker rife streets of San Fran.

      or at least a gnarly long black mole hair. stroke that shit for luck yo.

  11. Jimmy Chen

      i don’t know what ‘docker rife’ is.

  12. Jimmy Chen

      i don’t know what ‘docker rife’ is.

  13. Josh Kleinberg

      what the fuck’s the holocaust?

      i’ve had this idea for a few months involving a small book filled with nothing but blurbs for said book (involving, to varying degrees, its hypothetical contents)…ostensibly an “experiment in meta-fiction”/minor homage to ‘trout fishing in america’/opportunity for collaboration of “up-and-coming writers”
      …but mostly just an excuse to screw around.

      ‘teal this book’ should be that book.

  14. Josh Kleinberg

      what the fuck’s the holocaust?

      i’ve had this idea for a few months involving a small book filled with nothing but blurbs for said book (involving, to varying degrees, its hypothetical contents)…ostensibly an “experiment in meta-fiction”/minor homage to ‘trout fishing in america’/opportunity for collaboration of “up-and-coming writers”
      …but mostly just an excuse to screw around.

      ‘teal this book’ should be that book.

  15. Jimmy Chen

      you would be an okay mr. miyagi for some kid who just got his bike dented

  16. Jimmy Chen

      you would be an okay mr. miyagi for some kid who just got his bike dented

  17. jereme

      docker pants? the uniform of the fat white san francisco yuppie?

  18. jereme

      docker pants? the uniform of the fat white san francisco yuppie?

  19. jereme

      “if insult properly, cannot defend”

  20. jereme

      “if insult properly, cannot defend”

  21. ryan

      chip kidd is genius. i think he would write Teal This Book

  22. ryan

      chip kidd is genius. i think he would write Teal This Book

  23. matthewsavoca

      haha jereme as miyagi is the funniest thing ive thought about in a long time, thanks jimmy

  24. matthewsavoca

      haha jereme as miyagi is the funniest thing ive thought about in a long time, thanks jimmy

  25. matthewsavoca

      also, jimmy, a better idea might be to have the book in the bookstore be white or offwhite… maybe eggshell and then have the title say ‘teal this book’ and have a teel marker attached to it

  26. matthewsavoca

      also, jimmy, a better idea might be to have the book in the bookstore be white or offwhite… maybe eggshell and then have the title say ‘teal this book’ and have a teel marker attached to it

  27. Jimmy Chen

      nice

  28. Jimmy Chen

      nice

  29. KevinS

      Dennis Rodman won Celebrity Apprentice.

  30. KevinS

      Dennis Rodman won Celebrity Apprentice.

  31. teal!

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      tuv

      teal

  32. teal!

      hi, my tame is teal. my tend mathias tent me this tink. i think it is tonderful. i tight trite this took.

      tuv

      teal

  33. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      I’d love to send you a manuscript in six months (after I complete my eBay auction book). I love that title, I love that cover.

  34. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      I’d love to send you a manuscript in six months (after I complete my eBay auction book). I love that title, I love that cover.

  35. Nathan Tyree

      This is a beautiful idea. I mean, like mad fucking genius. It must be done. There is no other way.

  36. Nathan Tyree

      This is a beautiful idea. I mean, like mad fucking genius. It must be done. There is no other way.