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'The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo' Cover: Finding The Right Cover For The Bestseller

First Posted: 07/16/10 11:14 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:05 PM ET

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Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Wall Street Journal:

The bright yellow cover of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," featuring a swirling dragon design, has become one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic book covers in contemporary fiction in the U.S. But the path to this design--like the thriller--has been full of twists, red herrings and wrong turns.

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The bright yellow cover of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," featuring a swirling dragon design, has become one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic book covers in contempora...
The bright yellow cover of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," featuring a swirling dragon design, has become one of the most instantly recognizable and iconic book covers in contempora...
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05:14 AM on 07/20/2010
HaHa... Just finished reading the book... never noticed the dragon.
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