Re-covered Classics

With the invention of devices like Amazon’s Kindle and even the increasing popularity of audio books, publishers are struggling to keep traditional book publishing and production from going extinct.  A new publishing house, White’s Books, has a novel idea of how to keep the printed word around for a long time.

With the idea that the classics are the books that most people treasure, White’s Books has redesigned the covers of a number of classic literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte and Robert Louis Stevenson.  The hope is that the new book designs and thorough, luxurious production methods will create a newfound demand and appreciation for these works–possibly inspiring a new generation to pick them up and give them a read.  Read more about the redesign and an interview with the man responsible, HERE.

Beautiful:

I like new twists on old classics.

Garret Ohm
http://www.orange-element.com

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