Beer, books, and race

[nathanjw]

Today alphacygni and I spent a nice afternoon at the Bookmill. I picked up a paperback copy of The Brewmaster's Table, which is a book that I've been saying for at least a year that I'm surprised I don't already own. After I got home, though, I thought the book looked odd, and indeed, they've changed the cover from the hardback to the paperback.

Hardback:


Paperback:


I know that there are lots of reasons to change the cover of a book. I really hope that one of the reasons was not "The book will sell better without a black man on the cover".

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, how I miss perusing books I don't need in a place I can't find. (And now I probably really wouldn't be able to find it--I hear it's moved.)

[ketzie.livejournal.com]

Oops. That was me.