Dionne Warwick riding on top of a big turkey balloon. Happy Thanksgiving. Back on Monday with the first round of this year's favorite covers, as selected by the staff of WORD Books.

A Heartbeat and a Guitar designed by Shepard Fairey When Giants Walked the Earth designed by Orion Books I don't do snarky very well, but on the way to see the new Shepard Fairey-designed book about Johnny Cash, I saw this new...

Each year since the BDR started, I've written a "my favorites of the year" post (here are the 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005 lists.) This year, I've got something different in mind. I've asked the staffs of three independent bookstores to contribute a...

BDR reader Cynthia pointed this out to me this morning; it's one of six in the Penguin Magnum Collection published earlier this year. Click for a much larger version -- and note the removable sticker. Cool. Penguin has published a number of different...

Apologies for the lack of activity here; I'm traveling on business. Regular posting should resume in a few days, hopefully with an announcement about 2009's favorites of the year post. It's going to be very different, and hopefully entertaining for...