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Based on the following principles;
- cover will be glossy, therefore must be light (wears better)
- must display an image which speaks for all the pieces inside
- must be contemporary
- must take into account readers’ tastes
- should lead the way for future OFF_ covers
Look forward to your ideas and feedback!
marek@off-press.org
“There is one problem with the myth about pirates bringing literature to the masses:
street-level vendors tend to congregate in the same middle and upper-class neighborhoods
where you find the bookstores. Their clients are people with money. One critic calls it
a cultural problem: “The same people who would never consider buying fake whisky
think nothing of buying a pirated book. There’s no respect for intellectual production
in this country.”
courtesy of today’s Guardian… click on the image to see/read more and come back later in the week
to check out OFF_VIDEO interview with John Freeman, the Editor of GRANTA
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