“What makes these books so unusual-looking is that, even though they’re hardcovers, their cover art is not printed on dust jackets but instead stamped directly onto the boards that hug their pages. The result is a handsome, eye-catching look that reflects a heightened awareness on the part of publishers that books these days cannot be counted on to simply sell themselves.”
From “Books Without Jackets,” which mentions Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott’s (jackectless) The Adderall Diaries.
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I’m amazed that this story has two different headlines (one here, one at the Observer) and neither of them trotted out “No Jacket Required.”
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