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Kafka Gets A Makeover: Knopf Releases Colorful Covers

First Posted: 01/31/11 01:42 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:30 PM ET

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Peter Mendelsund is a book cover designer at Alfred A Knopf in New York and recently became the art director of Knopf imprint, Pantheon. He documents his design work on his blog, Jacket Mechanical, and in his most recent post he ran through a new series of unusually colourful Kafka titles, set to appear in the US in June...

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04:44 PM on 02/01/2011
But wouldn't this post about book covers be better in the arts section (graphic art) than in the books section (Kafka)?
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