Most Coveted Covers, 2008: Awesome Book Jacket Art

Karen Templer from Readerville blog says,

Eight years ago, we did something that, at the time, was considered frivolous by many - we started reviewing book covers, under the heading of Most Coveted Covers. I've always found it strange that book designers aren't more acclaimed (Chip Kidd notwithstanding) given how important their work is to the industry, and I wanted to name names and call attention to great work. Anyway, this week's marks the 200th installment. It's pretty groovy to scroll back through them all, and amazing that even the oldest ones among them still look good!

Most Coveted Covers: Readerville Journal.

Image: detail of the cover for Salmonella Men on Planet Porno: Stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Also mentioned in the Readerville roundup, one of my personal favorites: David Carr's amazing The Night of the Gun.

[#1 posted by John D. Berry , December 23, 2008 2:07 AM]

Wonderful. But keep in mind that a book designer is the one who designs the *interior* of the book – the part you read – not the cover or jacket, which exists basically to get your attention. Sometimes the same person will do both (I've done it often enough, for small presses), but in large commercial publishers, the two functions aren't even in the same department.

[#2 posted by elsmiley , December 23, 2008 1:34 PM]

These do not seem to have anything to do with the year 2008. It's the 200th installment of Most Coveted Covers, but the jackets are from any given time period.