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

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

While I share your suspicions, the second design just looks a lot more professional -- there's a lot about the first cover that looks rather self-published. (Plus, well, he *is* wearing tone-on-tone in OLIVE.)