Cover stories

[rich]

i had to take the dust jacket off--i was getting blinded by the neon pink

On 8/5/09, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'm now the happy owner of both the American and English hardcover
> editions of IV (as well as a couple of English trade paperbacks,
> just in case), and as usual the American edition is much nicer than
> the English one. Just to take the dust-jacket as an example: The
> English jacket is matte and flat, as opposed to the glossy American
> jacket with its embossed lettering on the front. The colours are also
> much more vibrant on the American jacket. On the other hand, someone
> at Cape decided to put some palm fronds at the top of the back cover
> (as opposed to the American version, where there is just a starry sky
> above the waves and the beach). I wonder what's with those fronds?
> As has already been pointed out, the inner flaps on the Cape edition
> have a black backgrund, whereas the US flaps combine white and pink.
>
> The binding on the American edition is also slightly nicer than the
> English one: Two kinds of dark blue paper - one for the back strip, one
> for the boards - whereas the English edition is just bound in one kind
> of black paper. The English edition is slightly thicker than the American
> one (as was the English AtD), but the paper seems just as nice in the
> American edition. In other words: If you have the choice, I'd recommend
> buying American!
>
> Tore
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Share your memories online with anyone you want.
> http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/products/photos-share.aspx?tab=1
>