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".

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[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I'm reading this on the fairly small screen at my parents house so by the time I got to the last line the top pic has scrolled off my screen enough that I couldn't see the part with the guy... and I actually had to scroll back up to check and said "oh yeah, I guess you're right - he is black". It totally didn't register at first glance.