July 30th, 2010 / 9:30 pm
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Jimmy Chen
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So tired of fucking birds on book covers
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these birds are great! thank u for sharing your birds with me! also, don’t forget ben fountain, the birdinest photo in recent memories!! http://lfp-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/9780061478222-709777.jpg
these birds are great! thank u for sharing your birds with me! also, don’t forget ben fountain, the birdinest photo in recent memories!! http://lfp-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/9780061478222-709777.jpg
photo? birdinest photo? I meant “cover”.
what’s happening/wrong to/with me???? my computer ate a tablet of site-sauce, maybe?!! it’s ruining my eyes%%%%%%%
[…read more @ Harper Perennial’s web-site….]
photo? birdinest photo? I meant “cover”.
what’s happening/wrong to/with me???? my computer ate a tablet of site-sauce, maybe?!! it’s ruining my eyes%%%%%%%
[…read more @ Harper Perennial’s web-site….]
Mark Baumer’s been on this for awhile now.
Mark Baumer’s been on this for awhile now.
you fit right in
you fit right in
Mark Baumer wrote something about this: http://thebaumer.com/post/238681150/dude-your-book-has-a-bird-on-it
“Dude, your book has a bird on it”
Mark Baumer wrote something about this: http://thebaumer.com/post/238681150/dude-your-book-has-a-bird-on-it
“Dude, your book has a bird on it”
This is like your last post.
Only different.
This is like your last post.
Only different.
Jimmy—I now have some sort of distressing image of you rather wearily fucking assorted birds on assorted book covers.
Jimmy—I now have some sort of distressing image of you rather wearily fucking assorted birds on assorted book covers.
sick of birds and sick of SHOES on covers… every other fucking cover is a pair of shoes, usually shown in a pair or worn from the ankles down. this kind of laziness irks the life-long bookseller…
sick of birds and sick of SHOES on covers… every other fucking cover is a pair of shoes, usually shown in a pair or worn from the ankles down. this kind of laziness irks the life-long bookseller…
Don’t their little claws slide around a lot on the glossy ones?
Don’t their little claws slide around a lot on the glossy ones?
Bird with a white box over its eyes in a shoe on a book cover for the win.
Bird with a white box over its eyes in a shoe on a book cover for the win.
these birds are great! thank u for sharing your birds with me! also, don’t forget ben fountain, the birdinest photo in recent memories!! http://lfp-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/9780061478222-709777.jpg
photo? birdinest photo? I meant “cover”.
what’s happening/wrong to/with me???? my computer ate a tablet of site-sauce, maybe?!! it’s ruining my eyes%%%%%%%
[…read more @ Harper Perennial’s web-site….]
Mark Baumer’s been on this for awhile now.
you fit right in
Mark Baumer wrote something about this: http://thebaumer.com/post/238681150/dude-your-book-has-a-bird-on-it
“Dude, your book has a bird on it”
This is like your last post.
Only different.
I like birds
I like birds
Jimmy—I now have some sort of distressing image of you rather wearily fucking assorted birds on assorted book covers.
sick of birds and sick of SHOES on covers… every other fucking cover is a pair of shoes, usually shown in a pair or worn from the ankles down. this kind of laziness irks the life-long bookseller…
Don’t their little claws slide around a lot on the glossy ones?
Bird with a white box over its eyes in a shoe on a book cover for the win.
i always liked that wind up bird chronicle cover though…
maybe i just liked the story… meh
i always liked that wind up bird chronicle cover though…
maybe i just liked the story… meh
When we get jet-packs the first thing I’m doing is projectile-shitting on a bird’s face. The bird will probably sound like George Costanza and say, “WE HAD A DEAL!”
When we get jet-packs the first thing I’m doing is projectile-shitting on a bird’s face. The bird will probably sound like George Costanza and say, “WE HAD A DEAL!”
Birdie numb numb. Tweet, tweet.
Birdie numb numb. Tweet, tweet.
I like birds
i always liked that wind up bird chronicle cover though…
maybe i just liked the story… meh
When we get jet-packs the first thing I’m doing is projectile-shitting on a bird’s face. The bird will probably sound like George Costanza and say, “WE HAD A DEAL!”
Birdie numb numb. Tweet, tweet.
I dunno. There are a lot of books that exist. You could do the same thing with horses, dogs, cars, houses, roads, fields, trees…
I dunno. There are a lot of books that exist. You could do the same thing with horses, dogs, cars, houses, roads, fields, trees…
So tired of those same birds shitting on my bookmarks.
So tired of those same birds shitting on my bookmarks.
i see your statistical spin, though i think birds are more symbolically manipulative than trees or roads, which are so cliche they’re not even really seen. as for horses and dogs, in my search, i found dramatically way more birds.
i see your statistical spin, though i think birds are more symbolically manipulative than trees or roads, which are so cliche they’re not even really seen. as for horses and dogs, in my search, i found dramatically way more birds.
I hate book covers with women’s legs on them too:
http://mickeyhess.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-covers-featuring-womens-legs.html
Does anyone know of a book cover featuring a bird sitting on a woman’s legs?
I hate book covers with women’s legs on them too:
http://mickeyhess.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-covers-featuring-womens-legs.html
Does anyone know of a book cover featuring a bird sitting on a woman’s legs?
I dunno. There are a lot of books that exist. You could do the same thing with horses, dogs, cars, houses, roads, fields, trees…
So tired of those same birds shitting on my bookmarks.
i see your statistical spin, though i think birds are more symbolically manipulative than trees or roads, which are so cliche they’re not even really seen. as for horses and dogs, in my search, i found dramatically way more birds.
I hate book covers with women’s legs on them too:
http://mickeyhess.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-covers-featuring-womens-legs.html
Does anyone know of a book cover featuring a bird sitting on a woman’s legs?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A9hWJ_UiyIY/S8R1RQ-mUJI/AAAAAAAAAHw/DEROScr2cnY/s1600/swimming.jpg
“LOOK INSIDE!”
oh no
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A9hWJ_UiyIY/S8R1RQ-mUJI/AAAAAAAAAHw/DEROScr2cnY/s1600/swimming.jpg
“LOOK INSIDE!”
oh no
clowngirl is technically a toy on a saturated field of color cover, not a bird on a cover
clowngirl is technically a toy on a saturated field of color cover, not a bird on a cover
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A9hWJ_UiyIY/S8R1RQ-mUJI/AAAAAAAAAHw/DEROScr2cnY/s1600/swimming.jpg
“LOOK INSIDE!”
oh no
clowngirl is technically a toy on a saturated field of color cover, not a bird on a cover
me too
me too
me too
Nah, not laziness, exactly; more of a money-saving measure. Dan Chaon’s book designer, for example, was limited to photos in the public domain. For some reason, these include a lot of shoe pics, which is why you’ve been seeing them so often.
That’s how Chaon explained it anyways, when he visited my school.
Nah, not laziness, exactly; more of a money-saving measure. Dan Chaon’s book designer, for example, was limited to photos in the public domain. For some reason, these include a lot of shoe pics, which is why you’ve been seeing them so often.
That’s how Chaon explained it anyways, when he visited my school.
Also: holy shit! Jack Pendarvis!
Also: holy shit! Jack Pendarvis!
Nah, not laziness, exactly; more of a money-saving measure. Dan Chaon’s book designer, for example, was limited to photos in the public domain. For some reason, these include a lot of shoe pics, which is why you’ve been seeing them so often.
That’s how Chaon explained it anyways, when he visited my school.
Also: holy shit! Jack Pendarvis!
Was that DFW book left off this list on purpose or not on purpose?
Was that DFW book left off this list on purpose or not on purpose?
the one with the lobster on it?
the one with the lobster on it?
and to be fair, it does have bird in the title. unlike most of these.
and to be fair, it does have bird in the title. unlike most of these.
Was that DFW book left off this list on purpose or not on purpose?
i think you’re referring to penquin’s ‘broom of the system,’ which was left out because it was not on the design website from which i culled all the images in this post, and thus, not in my mind
i think you’re referring to penquin’s ‘broom of the system,’ which was left out because it was not on the design website from which i culled all the images in this post, and thus, not in my mind
the one with the lobster on it?
and to be fair, it does have bird in the title. unlike most of these.
i think you’re referring to penquin’s ‘broom of the system,’ which was left out because it was not on the design website from which i culled all the images in this post, and thus, not in my mind
I don’t like birds, but I like Lee Rourke’s book:
http://www.socialdiseasebooks.com/page8.htm
I don’t like birds, but I like Lee Rourke’s book:
http://www.socialdiseasebooks.com/page8.htm
I don’t like birds, but I like Lee Rourke’s book:
http://www.socialdiseasebooks.com/page8.htm
[…] Chen at HTML Giant has been tracking trends in the book cover industry: covers with birds on them; covers that hide people behind white boxes; and meta-covers that feature books and pages. . . . […]
They forgot Birds of America I love that book. And the title. And everything about it. There’s a bird in every story.
They forgot Birds of America I love that book. And the title. And everything about it. There’s a bird in every story.
They forgot Birds of America I love that book. And the title. And everything about it. There’s a bird in every story.
[…] Jimmy Chen of HTML Giant is so tired of fucking birds on book covers. […]
the new franzen has a big-ass bird on it
the new franzen has a big-ass bird on it
the new franzen has a big-ass bird on it
Someone linked to this on Twitter. Don’t know why I clicked it, given my morbid fear of birds.
Gonna have to drink SO much rum tonight to block out the nightmares.
Someone linked to this on Twitter. Don’t know why I clicked it, given my morbid fear of birds.
Gonna have to drink SO much rum tonight to block out the nightmares.
Someone linked to this on Twitter. Don’t know why I clicked it, given my morbid fear of birds.
Gonna have to drink SO much rum tonight to block out the nightmares.