A gallery of rejected book cover designs whose creators couldn’t quite let them rest in peace.
See: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/15/books/review/15covers-gallery.html?ref=books
A gallery of rejected book cover designs whose creators couldn’t quite let them rest in peace.
See: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/05/15/books/review/15covers-gallery.html?ref=books
See what the covers look like
The story shows alternative covers. If you have not seen the cover that went to the bookstore here they are:
Eating Animals
Innocent
The Male Ego
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
Heft
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries)
Sag Harbor: A Novel
Madame Bovary
Wetlands
The Imperfectionists: A Novel
A Gate at the Stairs
A Gate at the Stairs (Vintage Contemporaries) – Paperback
The Autograph Man: A Novel
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All (P.S.)
Challenger Park
Challenger Park: A Novel – Paperback cover
Migraine: Understanding A Common Disorder Expanded & Updated
Migraine – Paperback
Out Backward (P.S.)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim — Is listed in the NYT article as “Repeat After Me”
But also…
And of course in different countries and in reprints you get another totally different cover anyway!