Lulu.com has announced this year’s shortlist. Fifteen books total. Six fiction, six nonfiction and three comics titles. I didn’t know that web-comic sites were eligible. I’m going to have to pick up a copy of a Lulu book someday to see if they really are just as good as books vetted by publishing pros. Though the panel of judges this year seem to know a lot about content and power blogging.
I guess I’ve just been brainwashed, but I really do like knowing that someone has edited and thoughtfully published the book I’m considering buying and not just formatted a bunch of ramblings. But then I haven’t read one, so I could be way off base. We’ll just have to see who wins this year.
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Chip Kidd. He has the guts and vision to take cover deisgn into those off-kilter areas that really grab your attention and represent the book entirely.
Thanks to a post over at fade theory, I got to watch Kidd deliver a recent book design talk in New York. And now I pass that link on to you. Enjoy!
It’s been too long since I posted and I’m fighting the urge to just spew forth a link dump here. Too many good blogs out there mentioning too many good things.
Evidently, March is Small Press Month. It seems to have been so for over a decade, but I’m just now realizing it. Guess I don’t pay enough attention. We’ll have to play it up big next year. Maybe mobilize all of the “bloggers who work for small presses” or something like that. Could be fun.
